The blue-faced man lowered the piece of paper in his right hand onto the left-hand stack, transferred it instantly to the right-hand stack, then lifted it once again into the air.

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We'd shove the kids up at the top of the stack and hand them the books.

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Rangers continued to turn the screw and Steven Davis' disguised pass put Miller threw but the impressive Stack got a powerful hand behind the shot to divert it away from goal.

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Black, until then the most influential player on the park, did not pack enough punch in his low spot kick and Stack stretched out a hand to turn the ball wide for a corner.

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These little wonders come in two basic flavors, palm-size machines with the dimensions of a small stack of index cards and hand-held computers roughly the size of an extra-long paperback.

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But it was the home side who created the first opening when Peter Lipcsei sent Rosa running clear into the box - only for Graham Stack to stretch out a hand to block his clipped shot.

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Then and only then would he reach down with his left hand into his left suit jacket pocket and pull out a stack of note cards.

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When cars start to stack up in line, a crew member may sally forth, PDA in hand, to take orders.

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Agard headed straight at Stack as the visitors pressed for an equaliser, while Bryson stung the keeper's hand with a fierce drive, but Colin Calderwood's side held firm to claim the points.

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