Part of Ickworth, in Suffolk, the family seat and one of the grand houses of England, had gone to pay death taxes (and is now a tourist attraction run by the National Trust), but the marquess retained a 60-room wing.

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He reopened the 550-room Trident on Dec. 21 (the rival Taj Tower wing also reopened then) and hopes to open the 330-room Oberoi, which suffered the brunt of the attack, by May or June.

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They divided the north wing, originally a ballroom, into a media room with a large-screen television and a room decorated with sports memorabilia, a bar and a pool table.

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But soon Rich had begun working on it, learning carpentry, building a wing for two new bedrooms and a bathroom and another wing for his study, turning the original house into an open-plan living room, dining room, kitchen.

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But as those of you who are familiar with the West Wing, it is an amazingly small space, and when the Roosevelt Room is occupied with a meeting -- as is the case at the same time -- the options are few for a meeting of any size that would exceed, say, my office.

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