David paused before he opened the back door, enjoying a moment alone in the humming dark that was always nervous with the noise from the motorway: not a roar, but a thin murmur of movement that sucked substance from everything it reached.
No, not manilla envelope thin, but thin enough to slip into most briefcases and backpacks without the consumer even noticing.
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She has a reputation for reserve: for being likable but shy and thin-skinned, and not at all comfortable with the personal impact of having created a modern myth, sold four hundred and fifty million books, and inspired more than six hundred thousand pieces of Harry Potter fan fiction, a total that increases by at least a thousand stories a week.
The telephone will work in a car, which has only a thin metal roof, but it might not beside a mountain or in an urban canyon in Manhattan.
In other words, First Solar is profiting from not just manufacturing its thin-film photovoltaic panels but the added fees that come from deploying tens of thousands of them in a solar power plant that it builds, operates and maintains and eventually sells to investors.
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Caron Butler is one of the better perimeter players in the game, and it was a shame to see him suffer a season-ending knee injury last year, but in an extremely thin market, such a history will not prevent him from signing at least a semi-lucrative contract.
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But the insurers' capital base is now so thin that they may not be able to pay any claims.
Every second woman here is precariously balanced on needle-thin stilettos, and she wears them not exactly confidently - but nonetheless with a fixed determination.
But Sanders is nothing if not loyal, and he stood by Stan through thick and thin.
Buyers and sellers in Manila have established a price, but because its commercial-property market is so thin, some analysts fear it is not the right one.
Calling on Congress to act in some non-specific way is getting a bit thin, not least because we all know it is not a plan but a tired taunt.
To achieve such a performance, the ships will rely not on their mighty jet engines, nor on being long and thin, but on a revolutionary design to slice through the waves and float above the ocean's drag.
"I know there has been a lot more thin than thick in recent times, but fans have to ask whether they support the club or not, " added Brannan.
Not only does it look good, but it protects his head, because the hair has gotten a little thin up there. (Laughter.) He is a good-looking guy.
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