But, as anyone on the "field-end" rather than the "fork-end" of the food supply chain will tell you, these days margins are tight and competition fierce.

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At one point, Charles, confused, holds a fork by the wrong end, and Caesar slowly, gently takes it out of his hand and turns it around.

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The fork uses a high-end accelerometer from Analog Devices to measure any shocks and jolts, as well as an advanced fluid-control system from Enfield Technologies that allows the fork to stiffen or soften quicker than a tire can deform, typically between 8 and 13 milliseconds.

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On one end of the Roaring Fork Valley lie Aspen and Snowmass Village, where many affluent people live and vacation, and where housing prices are some of the highest in the United States.

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We taught them to pass the salt around the table rather than over it, how they should place their knife and fork on their plates at the end of a meal, and the proper way to lean their soup or cereal bowl when spooning out the last drops.

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Failed wire transfers end with the payer has having to fork over money to pay a rejection fee and then must pay to resubmit the wire.

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