Many Ukrainians, especially politicians who some joke have more sins than most, step inside ice holes - cut in the shape of a cross - to honour the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.

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The company, under its Tapcon brand, began marketing large-diameter concrete screws with tiny, arrowhead-shape chisels wrapped around the screw, to cut into concrete like sharks' teeth.

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Then, in one of the more bizarre twists in this itinerant choreographer's tale, Mr Galili learnt how to cut and shape poodles' hair for rich poodle-owners.

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The cost drops 30% on a Mediterranean hand-painted dinner plate if you get a painter to use a sponge cut in the shape of a leaf instead of laboring over brush strokes.

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