Not so with cars ordered directly from Avtovaz or from independent dealers, which often arrive with windshields smashed, wiring pulled out or tires slashed.

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My mentor Karen McCall writes that when we spend money on our wants before our needs, it is like we are putting up pretty wallpaper in a room that has faulty wiring sticking out.

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The capital's old wiring has been ripped out, and replaced.

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He added the house "has been vandalised to a very bad extent: all of the wiring has been taken out, there's no plumbing, there's no heating system, the kitchen has been removed, and the bathroom is an absolute mess".

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Scientists still have a long way to go, however, before they figure out how the wiring works.

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You don't have them fabricating and putting in the wiring and packaging and supporting the thing out in the field.

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Does he clean out unused, unwanted files and check the wiring?

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Finally I figured out how to rip the entire alarm system free of all household electrical wiring, which will probably prompt an expensive service call whenever electricity returns to my block.

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