As you work upwards around the edges, that brushed finish carries on up the sides, and flanks the gloss black of the frame around the display with sharply cut edges.

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He says the fabric's edges cut his hand at least a dozen times when he attempted to drape it on a mannequin.

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She had sometimes looked for sea glass on the beach in San Clemente, and her housekeeper Fina had cautioned her about picking it up, because the edges could cut you even when the rest had been worn smooth.

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The power, volume, and camera buttons are on the edges, but they are cut into the edge, with the same depth and material as the edge.

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It's thin, tapered edges are sharp enough to cut cake.

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While you would not know it from the outcry, the trust sector was already beginning to fray around the edges as some of the riskier vehicles cut distributions and saw their unit prices fall.

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While Herman Cain wants to replace the entire federal tax code with his 9-9-9 consumption tax and Rick Perry favors a massive tax cut, Romney would do little more than tinker around the edges of the current law.

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His first prototype, tossed together in just six weeks, certainly has some rough edges (literally, the stand is made from roughly cut cardboard boxes).

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