It seemed to be made of grey metal, shiny but rough, like emery paper.
Inside the brightly lit offices, you'll find not rows of sewing machines but banks of shiny desktop computers.
Until recently Turkey was boasting not of its EU aspirations but of its shiny new alliances in the Middle East, where its secular free-market democracy is a model for some.
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My silent digital monologue lead me to wonder what had happened to thermometers filled with shiny but toxic Mercury, watches (with or without hands), cameras with 8mm film, and television sets with vacuum tubes and knobs labeled horizontal hold.
We know the changes might not be huge in Microsoft's upcoming OS, but it's shiny and it's fresh, so get on that.
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But wedged between the shiny offices and apartments that line this new waterfront, Angolans often struggle to survive in a shacks and ramshackle houses.
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Dressed up in shiny new clothes but stripped of its goodness and originality and important imperfections.
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But really, aside from shiny stainless veneers and digital displays, we haven't come that far in the kitchen over the last 60 years.
Sure it is pretty shiny plastic, but the shape was just great to hang onto which is something of a rarity in our world of giant slabs.
Scanning instead of typing might work since most space-food packages have bar codes, but some are stamped on shiny curved surfaces while others are printed on thin crinkled paper wrapped around freeze-dried items.
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Most people know Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose but why?
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The substance is pure pulp--crooked cops, greedy mobsters, seductive dames, shiny cars--but the style is delicately ironic.
"You get a shiny new hospital, but it's NHS capital that's going out to the private sector, " he said.
But with his slicked hair, shiny bomber jackets and sunglasses, he is still adored by many Filipinas who remember his screen performances as a gun-toting sort of Robin Hood.
Use any variety of kale you like, the chef said, but seek out bunches with firm, shiny leaves and moist, snappy stems.
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The Polish border with Belarus is not just marked by shiny new border posts, but also places like the beautiful, dense and extensive Bialowieska Forest.
But, on closer inspection, that shiny merchandise can lose its luster.
The falling U.S. dollar has propelled the shiny yellow metal higher, but the top fund managers believe that dollar-selling should taper off or perhaps reverse course and negatively impact gold.
You might think yourself too grown-up to be wowed by shiny, glittery things, but we doubt many will be able to watch NVIDIA's new Glow Ball tech demo without a smidgen of childlike glee.
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Gift giving is all about what's under that wrapping paper rather than the package itself, but when the holidays are over those shiny new gadgets won't just protect themselves from the inevitable wear and tear.
The shiny pamphlets were all fine, but Fink really needed to hear more about the school from the students.
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It's been well over a year since Cyberlink released a new version of its venerable PowerDVD software, but now version 13 has arrived sporting a shiny new look, 4K support and a fresh media upconverting trick.
We're decidedly of two minds, since given a bit of haggling, most retailers will chuck in a branded lead, but we'd hate to get our shiny new gear home to find it's missing a key component the one time they don't.
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But you crazy people have turned a nice, shiny yellow metal into an inflation hedge.
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But open the door this morning and behold the shiny recent German exports, burnished by strong US demand.
But drive on, and there are rows of shiny bicycles for sale, a brand-new bus terminal, a church under construction, sleek petrol stations.
It's big and shiny, built in 90 days, but the contractor put it together in a way that when the first stiff wind comes, the house blows down.
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