Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

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In the short, a young Parisian cyclist whom Sylvain rescues from a flat tire ends up a victim of his romantic benevolence.

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Again, we see another shining example of how the Romney campaign overreaches in the effort to make its case and ends up being flat-out dishonest.

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For instance, one of his best-loved piano works, the E-flat Intermezzo, Opus 117, no.1, begins and ends with an especially beautiful melody.

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