Storage spaces (which form a crucial part in Indian households) are tucked away between walls to almost appear to be absent.

储藏室（印度家庭空间的重要组成部分）则隐蔽在墙体之间，毫不起眼。

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Absent a common currency in the form of the dollar, the U.S. would still be a rich country, but far less vibrant for all the wasted effort necessary to facilitate interstate trade given 50 different floating money concepts.

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