They used incandescent lamps to display stats, the same technology Daktronics relied on for the next 25 years, through an exclusive contract to provide the scoreboards for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, large displays for Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and an electronic voting system for the U.N.

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The Lin family home resembles an Arabian palace with a large central dome and two smaller ones on each side, which symbolize Lin and his four sons.

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Earlier this year I reported on large-scale renovations taking place at The Palace.

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"In the old days, Jordan was built on favoritism--something we call 'wasta, ' political and business mafias and corruption, " the king says, sitting in the living room of his large, heavily guarded home in a suburb of Amman (he decided to forgo a palace).

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Jones's plan aimed to create a huge palace covering the area now known as Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall and large swathes of St James' Park.

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Our reporter says the crowds of mourners are likely to remain outside the sultan's palace for many weeks - some travelling from neighbouring Niger and other West Africa countries with large Muslim populations, such as Chad, Mali and Senegal.

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After several cups of tea, I was directed to a large tiled bathroom with flush toilet and working sink unthinkable luxuries for the people living just outside his palace gates.

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