The hike is tough due to the steep terrain and thin air, but the scenic rewards are worth it.

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The major averages kept rising into nose bleed thin air, but the Ag names were struggling to stand upright.

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"Because it's contact-less there's a perception people can grab it from thin air, but it's actually a more sophisticated technology than credit cards with a magnetic stripe, making it more difficult to steal a consumer's payment information, " said Nick Holland, a mobile-transactions analyst at Yankee Group.

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We didn't have a great deal of info about this ultraportable when we went hands-on at Computex 2011, but we knew we liked its thin bezel and Air-like (though plastic) design.

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But my patience had become as thin as the cabin air.

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Both kickers missed shots at goal as the pressure intensified, but Sale surged ahead as a lovely finish from Cueto saw him leaving opposite number Nick Abendanon clutching thin air.

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Ambitious finger-tip passing opened up space for Barry Davies, but Williams' pass off the floor ended up drifting harmlessly into touch, leaving Bowe grasping at thin air and the Blues' line intact.

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