Instead, there would simply be fewer, larger ministries with a plethora of administrative appendages.

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Europe's smaller stock exchanges will not relish being treated as mere appendages to the big two.

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The engineers used a silicone polymer to build a centimeter-long jellyfish consisting of a membrane with eight armlike appendages.

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Such appendages betoken an understanding that words alone do not always suffice, especially when a message's purpose is to communicate its author's power and importance.

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After all, gadgets have gotten so small that they're practically appendages.

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These appendages may be well intentioned, but their sheer weight is effectively killing the bridge with love, weakening its structure to such an extent that Paris City Hall is urging tourists to stop the practice.

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His research has resulted in the development of the first self-cleaning, dry adhesive and a number of gecko-like robots, including Stickybot, a mechanized lizard developed by Stanford University engineers that can climb up windows and walls using its own adhesive appendages.

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