Ms. ARNOLD: Maybe we need more tools than just a hammer.

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Other important woodworking tools include the ax, the hammer, the plane, the brace, the awl, the router, the rasp.

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His tools, notably a three-pound ball-peen hammer, clanked in a greasy leather bag suspended from the handlebars.

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We decided to exclude the traditional list of "simple machines, " which includes the lever, pulley, wheel and wedge, since most other tools employ some form of simple machine--a hammer is basically a lever, and an axe is essentially a wedge.

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So Paulson has the tools, the experience, the contacts and the instincts to hammer out these kind of deals involving financial firms.

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During this meeting, Asch brought two bags of tools intended to be used in the kidnapping including a taser gun, rope, meat hammer, duct tape, gloves, cleaning supplies, zip ties, and a dental retractor, a wireless modem, and a leg spreader.

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