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No one would answer the phone, room service/house-keeping/reception/main switch were never answered.
Archive 2009-05-01 Another Outspoken Female 2009
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No one would answer the phone, room service/house-keeping/reception/main switch were never answered.
Sydney matron 1st victim of Easter Horribilis Flu Another Outspoken Female 2009
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“If they are not beautiful, they [the traffickers] might sell them at a restaurant or house-keeping job.”
Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Humans as Commodities 2009
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Somehow she had this startling perspective that drew her out of an externally "small" life of house-keeping and gardening and cakes and conversation and enabled her to flirt with the infinite.
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Short term there will be more house-keeping but longer term they will look at outsourcing and mergers and acquisitions activity to achieve synergies and cost savings ...
Julius Baer's Profit Drops 21% Katharina Bart 2011
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Somehow she had this startling perspective that drew her out of an externally "small" life of house-keeping and gardening and cakes and conversation and enabled her to flirt with the infinite.
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The peasants were a dull lot, by and large, but they had exhibited extraordinary kindness in helping the strangers set up house-keeping in a flea-bitten cottage with a dirt floor.
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I always wondered why the makers leave house-keeping and cooking out of their tales.
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Catering, flowers, house-keeping, hostess-ing (with an array of snug and attractive uniforms to choose from) and other services are extra, but a helpful list of preferred providers is offered on the Paris Air Show website.
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No longer is it desirable to reside where the more expensive travelling adds to the house-keeping bills.
How the Economy Responds to Governmental Attempts to Overcome Slumps and Depressions 2009
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