The discovery that clay could be formed into a container and baked until hard allowed people to carry, cook, serve and store their food.

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In Cook County, there are no hard numbers to track how many renters may have been affected by foreclosure evictions.

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Author Nick Cook has all the qualifications of a hard-nosed reporter.

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Gibson was pivotal in Durham's success last season and Cook concedes that the West Indian will be hard to replace.

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Speaking moments after crossing the line, Mr Cook told BBC Radio Lancashire that strong winds had made it hard going.

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There's also hard-to-find grass-fed meats, ready-to-cook organic and free-range chicken, and a well-stocked selection of just-caught seafood.

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And so it's really hard for me to want to eat and eat healthy and take the time to cook, and I do.

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It's difficult to say whether this move will be enough to gain the affection of Tim Cook's company and sway the vote -- Apple is still hard at work modding its own design, after all -- but it's nice to see both factions playing nice with each other prior to the next ETSI meeting on May 31st.

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Hard as it is to say, as one of those opposition supporters, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook were brilliant.

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