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The modern piece will be fitted with a hand-sewn alligator strap and fastened with 18-carat gold shaped like the Maltese cross.
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She said it was not unusual to bury cremated remains in a bag fastened with a brooch in late Iron Age Kent.
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When Coca-Cola began looking for a suitable Chinese version of its name after launching the drink there in 1927, it found that some local shopkeepers had produced homemade signs using Chinese characters to replicate the sound of the words "Coca-Cola, " without noticing that the characters in combination could be read as "female horse fastened with wax" or "bite the wax tadpole, " according to Coca-Cola researchers.
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Under each wooden slat, a resonator made out of calabashes is fastened, tightly sealed with beeswax, and tempered with the oil of the nkuso fruit, giving the timbila their rich nasal sound and characteristic vibrations.
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The vest is wearable over other garments and is fastened over the lower body with Velcro.
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The men who built the lighthouse, usually photographed with their jackets fastened and their ties done up, were not seamen, nor would they have been particularly accustomed to the huge swells that batter that part of Ireland's coastline.
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Later, a bouquet of red roses with a red ribbon was fastened to a guardrail above the parking lot.
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With two colleagues, Craig Swanson and Marcus Julian, Miller started looking for alternative models and fastened onto a federal law that encourages medical savings accounts for companies with fewer than 50 employees.
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The back of the dress is finished with 58 gazar- and organza-covered buttons fastened by Rouleau loops.
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Hell, thought Mike Hammer, he could have flown back to Newark on Hooters Air, with two beautiful Hooters girls attending to make sure his seatbelt was securely fastened.
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