Holding sold the premium product as a way to make a little extra in the thin-margined business of gasoline sales.

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Lenovo also expanded its ultraportable line with the thin and light IdeaPad U450p for extra portability.

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Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design.

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If profits thin out as the only real success comes from extra-cheap devices like the Nexus 7, there's fewer opportunities to gamble on technology research that might not pan out.

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But her thin record means that her early appointments will come under extra scrutiny.

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But the premature merger, the thin pickings the new group faces in its main markets, and the extra burden of integrating two proud empires are all formidable challenges.

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As evidenced by the photo, the thin-as-hell MacBook has no optical drive and sports an extra wide trackpad and button, which makes the whole thing look pretty goofy.

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The Wimbledon doubles title had also been at the expense of Huber and Black in a 6-1 6-2 thrashing and the Americans were similarly dominant in front of a thin crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium as the final grand slam of the year stretched into an extra day following the heavy rain delays of late last week.

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