31.   His father was a dealer in Oriental rugs, his mother a dedicated amateur singer.

32.   I know several people who have spent weeks researching everything from Saturn automobiles to Oriental rugs online.

33.   I went from dirt clods to Oriental rugs and never looked back.

34.   I walk into Posman Books on University Place in Greenwich Village and see the burnished wood bookcases, the faded Oriental rugs on top of old carpeting.

35.   In general, though, the rooms are tastefully decorated in restrained Victoriana and carried by a few significant furnishings and Oriental rugs.

36.   Inside, oak beams, stone walls, Oriental rugs and discreet spotlights produce images that would not be out of place in Town and Country.

37.   Inside the Bedford limestone building, the marble-floored lobby is warmed by Oriental rugs, and ornately carved plaster adorns the soaring ceilings.

38.   Most of all, insure the furniture and roll up the Oriental rugs.

39.   Ms. Florey bounded across the Oriental rugs to propose a few titles by Anne Tyler and Barbara Kingsolver.

40.   Now he dismisses that practice as the stuff of bidets and Oriental rugs.