The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange.
("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream")
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