It's worth stressing that the 308 and 309's new classification isn't just marketing fluff -- the pair perform just like mini-me smartphones should.

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The picture, written and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, is conceived as high-style fluff, but it never delivers quite as much irresponsible fun as it promises.

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"I have had him since he was a three-week-old ball of grey fluff, and before he learnt to fly he used to sit on my desk at work, " she said.

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This is OTOH: curated, fluff-free news and commentary, for people too busy to sift the gold from the sludge.

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The story is a bit of fluff, its charming characters engaged in a mix-up so contrived it beggars even theatrical suspension of disbelief: The penniless Count and Countess Waldner hope to marry their daughter Arabella to a wealthy man, and since they can't afford to launch younger daughter Zdenka into society at the same time, they have her dress as a boy.

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Genre fiction, we are told, is easily digested but nutrition-free fluff, whilst literary fiction is harder to swallow but better for you, like broccoli.

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Then they created a glut of counter-attack chances against Samoa only to fluff the opportunities against the South Sea Islanders, who were unlucky not to steal victory at the death.

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Both the Broadway and the off-Broadway production try to substantiate an unpromising bit of literary fluff, highlighting the poem's stale stereotypes and its lack of plotting.

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