An assistant had shown me to a front room on the parlor floor.
And both happened within the space of a single hour, in the same room, in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Game Developers Conference.
You will not find me cursing in a taped interview, a video clip or in front of a room full of people who may or may not be paying to hear me speak.
The second floor was divided several big rooms, including a living room with large glass doors that open onto the front lawn, a dining room and an open kitchen centered around an island topped by a thick slab of lapis lazuli.
After Alberto Herrera , chief executive of fledgling wireless-sensor network company Medida , pitched his firm to a panel of four top-tier Silicon Valley venture capitalists--in front of a standing-room-only crowd of some 350 people-- Josh Stein of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson was so impressed that he asked Herrera to set up a meeting.
But the 22-minute speech and setting at police headquarters, in front of a room full of uniformed officials telegraphed a stepped-up, aggressive response to those who question whether the nation's largest police department has overstepped its bounds.
"Usually when you think of black, you think of a sleek Ferrari or something like that, " he says, standing in front of a wall of the room's cantilevered bookshelves.
Raichlen mans a demonstration table at the front of the room, and video monitors overhead use downward pointing cameras to give a close up view of what his hands are doing on the cutting board or with ingredients.
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Headshots of celebrity patrons hang on a wall above the front dining room, including Liza Minnelli, George Stephanopoulos and Patrick Stewart.
You can even seat visitors on a low sofa across the room and place a coffee table in front of them.
Perhaps the most typical Sydney experience, though, is seafood with a view--Pier Restaurant and its recent front-room addition, Pier Tasting Room, with a sampling menu and ample list of wines by the glass, have sensational fish and a sparkling water view overlooking the scenic inlet of Rose Bay.
Why not skip the whole jostling-to-the-front process and snag a room in one of the New York City hotels that are best positioned to view the parade as it thrums past?
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The bidding proceeded briskly throughout the evening as two professional models in floor length black evening gowns strode out onto a catwalk at the front of the room and paraded Barkin's jewelry for the crowd.
Back in the spring when she called up Lester Kriegbaum for some infraction, nothing serious, he brought a book to the front of the room and read it over her knee while she larruped away at his far end.
When we turned on the light on the front of the cam in a dark room, we were able to capture a friend's face when we stood within a foot of her, but colors were distorted and the entire video appears a bit grainy (check the sample below).
His early work with the London architect John Soane led to such innovations here as a clever skylight over the dining-room sideboard, and a superb arching bridge connecting the front and rear foyers on the second floor.
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Coloured lights frame the cash-only bar and a miniature courtyard fits snugly between front and back room seating areas.
Danny first hid at the front counter, then went to a storage room.
Last May, in a fit of bleary-eyed jet-lag, I made the mistake of checking into a hotel without running through the standard list of questions I normally ask at the front desk to ensure I get a good room.
There is definitely enough room on the front for a larger screen (the iPod mini's screen is 1.67 inches, or roughly a third larger), so obviously they went for the cost savings of using a smaller screen.
The house includes a breakfast nook, extra room, and gated front yard.
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Centrally located in the bohemian Marais district, you can get free wi-fi in your cosy, richly decorated room via a loaned iPad from the front desk.
You can sit at intricately inlaid Damascene tables or recline on divans in front of engraved copper trays, in a room filled with antique books and Ottoman lamps.
We learn how slow his beginnings were: admirers of the present-day master will be touched by the image of the unpublished 23-year-old toiling away on a card table in his in-laws' front room.
Brazil has some of the highest corporate and retail taxes in the world, so unlike the U.S., there is a lot of room to move on the fiscal front when facing an economic slowdown.
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Instead, imagine the speaker striding briskly to the front of the room, launching into a story about the perils facing the industry, a story which has the audience nodding in agreement and eager to hear more.
Then he'd have the person stand in front of a two-way mirror looking into the room where a friend of theirs was holding a snake.
After about an hour of this, Hsieh glided to the front of the room, wearing jeans, a silky black shirt, untucked, and black shoes, and began a laid-back PowerPoint presentation.
In addition, the Optical Picture (OPC) feature helps save power by using a sensor on the front of the TV to detect ambient room light, and automatically adjusts TV brightness for the best picture.
" The sleek brushed aluminum front panel peels back to reveal a vast interior with room for ten expansion slots, up to nine hard drives or SSD with three hot-swap mounts, four 5.25" optical drive bays, and both 2x USB 3.0 ports and 4x USB 2.0 ports for maximum expandability.
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