Gould often dressed in a hat, goloshes and a winter coat while in the recording studio.

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While the sensors can cope with shirts and even jumpers, a heavy winter coat would be too much for them to get past.

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When Paul walks through the door with his guests, like any host, he indicates where to leave shoes and other belongings, but after removing his own winter coat, he continued to undress until he was in a state usually reserved for bedroom partners and intimate moments.

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Eva nodded, and this time she did smile, but Harley was already moving away, loping off toward the gate in his winter coat, the snow clinging to his coat sleeves and the wool cap as he stepped out onto the pavement and headed across the green.

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But for sneaking into posh office and hotels, Bourne would pull on a "simple long black winter coat", the designer said.

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Some 19% of children in poverty said they had missed out on school trips and 14% said they did not have a warm coat to wear in the winter.

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For this fall and winter, Mr. Kimmel has stitched a true shape-shifter in the form of an extendable "hunter" coat.

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