Customers who could evangelise the Surface Pro and create a snowball effect in sales.

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Visually these boards have a washboard effect-and as the varied grain intersects the wood surface and light at different angles, a hologram-type depth emerges.

NPR: Excerpt: 'A Splintered History Of Wood'

Moons that orbit their planet too closely will experience strong tidal heating and a runaway greenhouse effect that would boil away any surface water.

MSN: News editor

However, Windows PC and tablet manufacturer Acer fears that the Surface could also have a detrimental effect on their prized industry.

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One is an immediate effect as surface run-off takes roughly 50% of the free nitrate straight into Thames tributaries and the main river.

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