After hours of this dance with the elements, we repaired to the ivied big house which was the former holiday pad of the Marquis of Sligo, Baron of Mont Eagle and Earl of Altamont.

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Martin's fantasy novel "A Dance With Dragons" finished the book, and spent an average of 20 hours reading it, a relatively fast read for a 1, 040-page novel.

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You could stand there, Christian, Jew, Muslim or atheist, and watch him dance for hours, with the swallows flitting overhead and the smell of centuries-old incense in your nostrils.

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She still gets calls from them all hours of the day seeking career advice, help figuring out a dance, even approval of their girlfriends.

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Parents are unlikely to hit the dance floor for three hours while d.j.s from England play a mixture of dubstep and vintage drum bass.

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