She holds one hand flat as instructed, the brown carrot there, a gift from the driver.

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We would start to see Proposition 65 warnings on the thousands of consumer products, including automobile and aircraft parts, beer cans, plastic bath and kitchen appliances, cell phones, cameras, flat screen television sets, hand held computing devices, that use BPA to improve their safety and performance.

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Each piece starts with a flat wooden base and a core of hand-sculpted Styrofoam.

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Vegetated roofs, on the other hand, grow best on flat or slightly sloped roofs that can support the soil and plants.

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Actually, first she swung into the room like a broken gate, holding the door frame with one hand and slamming the other one flat against the wall.

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Over the centuries, the river had slowly carried away mountainsides, tumbling and cracking rock, reducing boulders into a rainbow of smooth, flat stones the size of a child's hand.

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There are 850 hand-sewn stitches in each collar, so it lies flat, he intones, using the jacket he was wearing as an example.

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But fee-only financial planning includes other methods of charging clients such as a flat retainer, an hourly rate or a charge specific to the task at hand.

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While the suction hand does not work well with porous objects (clothing) or flat items, such as disks, it can pick up most hard objects, including glasses or bowls.

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