The recent purchase of a second hand tractor had worried husband Roger.
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His last foray into theatre was in 2004, when he directed the play A Second Hand Memory - about two generations of defeated dreamers in 1950s Brooklyn.
While the company has cranked out an Android handset or two over the past few years, it's now dipping a second hand into the Firefox OS pot.
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This kind of urgency carries over to fiction, where a ticking clock a sense of time running out can make the pages seem to snap by with the speed of a second hand.
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In October 2007, Alwaleed ordered a test flight version of the A380: Serial number 002, essentially a second hand plane, which one source said was about 23, 000 pounds heavier than the current version of the plane.
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The clock face, which uses a red second hand resembling a railway signal on a monochrome background, was designed for the SBB in 1944 by engineer and designer Hans Hilfiker while the rest of Europe was focusing on other matters.
Well, if you have ever observed how the second hand of a mechanical watch moves, you know that it appears to run smoothly (in stark contrast to the second hand of a quartz watch, which makes a little jump once a second).
"I had a second-hand message (to ask) what is his situation is likely to be, " he said.
He began his business more than 60 years ago - with 20 eggs and a second-hand incubator.
With the shipping industry going through hard times, anyone can pick up a second-hand freighter at bargain-basement prices.
The cost of buying a second-hand Treasury at Fidelity is half the spread between bid and ask prices.
In Northern Ireland few would be seen even carrying a second-hand plastic bag.
She now employs seven people, can pay her children's school fees, and swaggers around town on a second-hand motorcycle.
Studies show that obese and overweight parents have a strong influence on their children, generating a second-hand obesity and all of its health problems.
Therefore, Re-Digi claims that its service is the digital equivalent of a second-hand record store, and that the sales are allowed under the First Sale Doctrine.
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Japanese security forces are said to be investigating the abandoned offices of a second-hand car dealership in Saitama prefecture, which had shipped cars to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Her advice--recycle a green khaki jacket from your husband or brother if you can, or search for one in a second-hand shop, and pair the look with lace.
Now, though, the public panels have concluded that it makes more financial sense to use a second-hand hatch-back (1.6l petrol Ford Focus to be precise) - buying one that's five years old and selling at 10.
In 1963, at the age of forty-six, he made up for it by setting up his own informal school in a London railway station, teaching half a dozen teenagers in exchange for a little tobacco or a second-hand art book.
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In some parts of the US it is easy to set up in business as a fee-charging ATM provider, all you need is a few hundred dollars for a second-hand cash machine and an electronic link to the cash machine network.
There is also a huge second-hand market for lederhosen, but unfortunately, the older the outfit, the more expensive it is.
Word on the Water is a floating second-hand bookshop owned by three men who call themselves "The Doctor", "The Professor" and "The Captain".
Trulli recovered from a midweek bout of flu to prevent Ferrari from locking out the front row, claiming a surprise second to hand Toyota their best qualifying result for three years.
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Angela, a girl in a wheelchair, raised her hand without a second thought when a call for volunteers went out, and was pushed forward by a family member.
Kiliwatch is a vast and bustling shop in the 2nd arrondissement with a large array of vintage and second hand items that have a youthful, fashion-forward focus.
And just like smoking and its second-hand health effects, second-hand fat should be a serious societal concern.
Substitute Swanson picked up two yellow cards within 16 minutes of coming on, the second for a needless hand ball.
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