Making a phone call for work meant you needed to be seated at a desk.

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Up to 30 guests can be seated at the room's dozen tables, each adorned with crystal glasses that circle the reproduction absinthe water fountain at the centre.

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The Democratic Party penalized those two states for moving their primaries early, and determined their delegates would not be seated at the convention, where the nominee is decided.

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It's probably safe to assume the topic of this mini-summit was how those states' delegates might be seated at the Democratic national convention and just whom they should represent.

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There are important lessons to be learned from outsiders looking at deep-seated problems with the Scottish economy.

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While much of the focus to date has been on a dubious commitment to multilateralism that is rife in the senior echelons of the Clinton Administration, another arguably more insidious mindset appears to be at work: a deep-seated mistrust of, if not outright contempt for, the Central Intelligence Agency, its sister organizations and the American military.

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It's a bit hard to determine just how impressive this next-gen tech is from where we're seated at the keynote, but we'll be back with more impressions just as soon as the presentation wraps.

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After the guests were seated at the table, and as the turkey was about to be served, Lewis ran out to the backyard very quietly.

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