"We're not TV people necessarily, " he said, " so we wanted the least amount of obtrusiveness, visibility of the object in the room ."
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Modern European antisemitism has its origins in 19th century theories now mostly considered as racial characteristics : greed, a special aptitude for money-making, aversion to hard work, clannishness and obtrusiveness, lack of social tact, low cunning, and especially lack of patriotism.
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A well-known example of an earth-sheltered home is the residence of Bill Gates, who had it built over a period of several years on a heavily wooded site on the shore of Lake Washington, USA . It is an excellent example of the lack of obtrusiveness of this kind of home, since it appears much smaller than it actually is, when seen from the lake.
