The structural steel rolls in from a loading bay, and machines fabricate it into parts that are welded together to form the frame.

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Books, historical events and the myths that grow up around them, places, memories and ways of doing things form a common frame of cultural reference that defines a nation.

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Taking cues from its Alpha A99, which was just announced today, Sony brought that camera's 24.3-megapixel full-frame sensor to a camcorder form factor, delivering shallow depth-of-field and much improved low-light sensitivity in a more practical package.

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Willow Emmison-Neal, from Selby, has a form of cerebral palsy and requires a walking frame or crutches to walk.

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Lee opened up a 5-0 lead, but Selby suddenly found form to end the first session just one frame behind.

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The homebuilders typically form a secondary seasonal low in late November and then rally into the April-May time frame.

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Hendry was in imperious form in the opening session, racking up breaks of 89 and 80 and taking the final frame on the final ball to wrap up an 8-1 lead.

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Speaking of the sensor, we got a chance to do a brief comparison between the A99 and Sony's RX1 compact that packs the same full-frame CMOS. As you can see in our sample shot, the sensor does its job regardless of form factor -- you'd be hard pressed to determine which pictures were produced with the DSLR and which came from the compact camera.

ENGADGET: Sony Alpha A99 DSLR sample shots and video, plus comparison with the RX1 full-frame compact