The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts said her acting was, at times, "as wooden as a toothpick".

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"If they can see them at all, the turbine blades would cover about the size of your thumbnail, and the poles would be about the width of a toothpick, " he said.

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Bake the loaf and cupcakes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes for the cake, and 15 mins for the cup cakes.

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"You know you've got cement, concrete blocks and steel, and the ice goes through it like it's just a toothpick, " Dennis Stykalo, who also lost a home to the ice, told the CBC.

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Remove the plastic wrap and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes, until the cake is a deep golden brown and springs back when gently pressed and a toothpick inserted into the thickest part comes out clean.

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In a test of creativity, researchers asked 145 students to think of as many unusual uses as possible for such common items as a brick or toothpick, then divided them randomly into four groups.

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The robots, which are about the size of a quarter, move on tiny, toothpick style legs, and are capable of behaving collectively and communicating with each other.

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Uphill, however, we definitely expended a significantly higher amount of energy with our toothpick-like legs.

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Order yourself half-a-dozen takoyaki topped with mayonnaise and a thick sauce similar to Worcestershire, stab one with your toothpick and shovel it into your mouth.

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