Here the object is to beat the dealer in getting as close to 21 without going over.

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Here the object is not to shelter past growth from capital gains, but to pass assets--particularly appreciating ones--to heirs without incurring punishing estate taxes.

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Here, the object is to swim through thick, filthy water along two 60-yard lengths of a flooded peat bog trench, using only the paddling power of two feet and a snorkel to breathe.

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Remember, ultimately, the United States fights short wars brilliantly and long wars poorly, and the enemy knows that, and therefore, his object here is to use the suicide bomber to protract the campaign, affect the will of the Iraqi people and preserve his force in being.

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An interesting aspect here is that an object can be visible only to those other objects that receive a stream of data from it.

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I'm not here to be the object of, you know, profanity.

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The fourth "d" here is time, referring to an object that, once printed, is capable of changing shape (over time, naturally).

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But here we have another unstoppable force running into another immoveable object.

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And while open access supporters should certainly object to the harshness of the penalties being contemplated here, it would be a mistake to transform him into a saintly folk hero of open access.

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