It will be possible to remove the display from its glass enclosure and to flatten it.

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The grandiose experiment in the Gulf could be enough to flatten it entirely.

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China is showing strong signs that it will flatten out its consumption of fossil fuels.

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It began to flatten out, to melt into surrounding space, to attach itself to otherness.

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Over time, it can even flatten or reverse the natural curve of your neck.

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It can also flatten organizations allowing ideas and expertise to come from anywhere.

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And it doesn't merely flatten our thinking during the moments we're tweeting or flitting among blogs, he writes.

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It only took nature a few minutes to flatten gardens, beat up vehicles and damage buildings.

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It took months to encourage team spirit, cut costs and flatten the hierarchy, but now a new and more harmonious work environment is emerging, he says.

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In the company's 1998 annual report, as Glenn Reynolds of the bond analyst firm CreditSights points out, it predicted that the growth of its health care costs would flatten at 5% by 2004.

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It takes time to conceive projects, move peasants, survey land, flatten mountains and pour cement.

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Even as their funds' gains started to flatten or fall, Cioffi and Tanning told members of their team not to discuss difficulties it was having.

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