However, she carried the thought one stage further, wondering if a preference for a black versus a brown leg, assuming it existed, might be instilled in a young and impressionable female by reference to the sort of males she had met before she was, shall we say, truly interested in such matters herself.

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The following two days we got healthy rest and digestion before putting in another leg higher on Black Friday.

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His daughter, who is four, wrapped herself around his leg as an old black-and-white Egyptian movie played silently on a television.

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The iPad was the most significant conduit into online shopping of all devices on Black Friday, giving it, at least today, a leg up with retailers, marketers, and consumers.

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This is definitely going to be a hit on those people - black, white and otherwise - who have been depending upon the auto industry to give them that leg up in the middle class.

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The Dejarik Holochess game from Star Wars The table has a round, black and white checkered dartboard-like top, made up of 25 segments, resting on a single cylindrical leg.

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