Just answering the door, with her thirty-foot length of oxygen tubing trailing after her, had left her winded.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go

Named Yrvind Ten after its 10 foot length, the miniature vessel will be just 1.8 meters wide with two six meter-tall masts.

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One night in early autumn, with the swampy ground of the Nature Preserve papered with fallen leaves, I was hunkered down to examine a dead snake about a foot in length whose color I thought might in life have been green, when, as I stood, I felt something brush the top of my head.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield

But imagine if the length of the foot changed each day, each hour, and each second, much as the value of the dollar does, and by proxy, the yuan.

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This is the perfect length to get on the front foot and ease the ball through the covers or mid-off.

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K'naan released his first full-length album -- dubbed "Dusty Foot Philosopher" -- in 2005 to critical acclaim.

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The Aussies, breaking at will, were on the front foot again when stand-off Thurston burst through before streaking half the length of the pitch.

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That argument is now reinforced by the realisation that trucking sick pigs the length of the country is a highly effective way of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus far and wide.

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In the final minute of regulation, he was given his best chance to dethrone Spain when he received the ball close to goal after a length-of-the-field break, but he sliced a left-foot shot into the stands behind the goal.

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