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...McDonald's restaurant and an unfinishedfurniture store located on the ground-floor of thebuildings sustained substantial smoke and waterdamage in the blaze...
...first time Hout Seng saw the Khmer Rouge up close, they were running past his ground-floor apartment on the southern outskirts of Phnom Penh. They wore black pajamas and sandals made of tires, and had branches tied to their backs as camouflage. All carried AK-47s. It was the morning of April 17, 1975. % After five years of war, the Communist rebels were on the brink of victory. As the government's remaining defenses collapsed, more and more guerrillas poured past Seng's residence into the capital. By midafternoon the war was over, and people were celebrating...
...could hear the noisy arguments from the billiard room and bar next door as I knocked on the door of the ground-floor apartment where she lived. Maritza's Mama let me in. "Your Big Sister's here, Maritza...
...difficult to play host at a business lunch or dinner, since waiters typically assume that the male guest will choose the wine and pay the bill. Female travelers also complain that hotels can be careless about revealing room numbers and too often place women in insecure locations, such as ground-floor rooms without door chains or peepholes...
Realizing the momentous task ahead, FSLIC officials have made an attempt to become more savvy in their dealmaking. The agency's central-region division has taken over three blue-carpeted floors of a sleek office building in north Dallas, and is opening a ground-floor showroom to hawk its myriad properties. The 15-member sales staff is augmented by 100 private contractors and real estate agents who work for fees and commissions...