modern conveniences

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Huck Finn, did you EVER hear of a prisoner having picks and shovels, and all the modern conveniences in his wardrobe to dig himself out with?

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Their apartment was rich in the modern conveniences, and Tristram lost no time in calling his visitor's attention to their principal household treasures, the gas-lamps and the furnace-holes.

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Wooden balconies and overhanging eaves had been added to them, so that, in the language of the advertisement, there were vacant three eligible Swiss-built villas, with sixteen rooms, no basement, electric bells, hot and cold water, and every modern convenience, including a common tennis lawn, to be let at L100 a year, or L1,500 purchase.

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The former had imported a small army of carpenters and plasterers, plumbers and painters from a distant city, and what had been but a dilapidated shell when they reached it was now a cosy little two-story house filled with every modern convenience procurable in so short a time.

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The luxury five-bedroom townhouse incorporates modern conveniences alongside the elegance of Georgian-style construction.

It's time to fire your imagination

The castle was remodelled almost 200 years ago in a Gothic style and now features a number of modern conveniences such as multi zone central heating, air conditioning, backup generators, water well with filtration, fire protection, three remote electric gates, video security, phone and computer lines, an indoor pool, a pub with its own lift and a helicopter landing pad.

Scottish castle placed on eBay auction site

Staff and visitors who have suffered arctic drafts, scorching radiators, sudden leaks that flood entire offices, deafening cooling systems and balky elevators are looking forward to all the modern conveniences of a new building.

Big changes await many in the church

They study and test energy options they hope will someday help maintain modern conveniences while reducing adverse effects on the environment.

Energy

The computers and information systems that connect us to the larger world and that power so many of our modern conveniences can also turn on us, stripping us of our privacy and robbing us of our identities.

Asleep at the remote: the Matrix sequels are only the most recent in a long line of terrifying technology movies. Can they serve as a prophetic wake-up call to help us unplug from today's mind-numbing infotainment?

Urban noise, mostly from engines in cars, trucks, boats, and modern conveniences such as leaf blowers, encroached on birds' lower frequencies in the loud neighborhoods, the researchers say.

Birds sing higher near urban traffic. (City Song)

There is coast, cliffs, beaches, common and rural walks packaged together with all those modern conveniences such as motorways and supermarkets.

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Innkeepers Joe and Gwen Bankovich have restored the neo-classical manor house, originally built in 1832, to its former grandeur while making sure guests enjoy all the modern conveniences.