• If, say, hand shape could not change independently of foot shape, selection could not make back feet suitable for walking while leaving the ape with usable hands.

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  • Chiseling quarry waste into blocks, she hurt her thumb and several fingers while figuring out how to hold a piece of sandstone in place with her foot in order to shape it to the desired size.

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  • This changes the shape of the foot and can cause swelling, tenderness and pain.

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  • First presented on 11 March, 2002, and shown annually on 11 September ever since, the tribute consists of 88 7, 000-watt xenon light bulbs placed on a roof near the WTC site in two 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the twin towers.

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  • The 52, 000-square-foot structure is a dream taking shape for Vern Raburn, chief executive of Eclipse Aviation.

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  • The basic unit of shoemaking is the last a sort of mannequin, in the shape of a human foot, upon which the shoe is constructed.

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  • The shoe contained grass, although the archaeologists are uncertain as to whether this was to keep the foot warm or to maintain the shape of the footwear.

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  • Built by Mitsubishi Electric, it boasts a 59-foot-diameter, turtle-shell-shape antenna dubbed "Gamela, " after the Godzilla-slaying tortoise.

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  • Though his graying head reveals his age, he's kept his 5-foot-5-inch frame in remarkable shape, climbing rocks and fishing like a madman.

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  • About a foot of snow fell on New York City, which was "in great shape, " Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

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  • These artifacts come in the shape of jewelry boxes or picture frames, but sometimes an artist turns out something like the 8-foot-tall Eiffel Tower made in 1915 by German immigrant George Paul Keilberg.

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