Both the front and rear set the tone for the vehicle's width, which comes courtesy of the wide, prominent grille and headlamps extending into the vehicle sides, as well as the wide rear window, two-piece rear lamp cluster and the large tailgate with low boot sill.

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On the only side street, I found a house that might have belonged to him a stucco-covered house, with a dormer window above the front door, books stacked on the sill of that window.

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