And frequent users of alcohol-based sanitizers, such as nurses, sometimes complain of dry hands, doctors say.

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His only equipment, apart from rubber-soled boots, was a bag of chalk slung at the back of his belt, into which he dipped his hands to dry the sweat and improve his grip.

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Hands are dry in 14 seconds.

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"It took about two-and-a-half hours to escort the horse back to dry land and into the hands of a vet, " Kelly said.

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Not to mention it uses up the towel supply quickly and means I'll be the guy who has wet hands and nowhere to dry them.

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If your hands are wet, dry them.

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Using Airblade technology, the Dyson Airblade Tap hand dryer sends sheets unheated filtered air at 420 mph towards hands, literally scraping them dry.

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The process involved smearing hot latex on his hands and arms, allowing it to dry, and then peeling the strips off and wrapping them around the core of the ball until it reaches the requisite size and weight.

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And all of you, the men and women who built these companies with your own hands, would have been hung out to dry.

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He got his hands on fruits and vegetables (you could also dry out the fruit in the sun, if you were careful).

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And all of you -- the men and women who built these companies with your own hands -- would have been hung out to dry.

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Jackson's blue hands, feet and lips, and the singer's dry eyes all signaled to Senneff that the singer was dead and hadn't been breathing for a long time.

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Building on dry land is difficult too: suitable sites are rare, and Britain's planning system hands obstreperous local residents a lot of power.

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Axel Pawlik, managing director of RIPE which hands out net addresses in Europe, said he expected the entire stock to run dry in September 2011.

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