But now, precisely because most money never exists in physical form, it acquires a detailed history.
In physical form Steel will be a 6-inch plastic superhero action figure, with a well-developed backstory.
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Copyright protection is needed partly to cover the costs of creating and distributing works in physical form.
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When they become available in physical form, Russian savers may start hedging their currency exposure, by stuffing their mattresses with euros as well as greenbacks.
"As the world turns more and more, the items that appeared in physical form in previous decades and centuries are appearing in digital form, " he says.
In that event, the sensible depositor would withdraw their money in physical Euro form, pack it into a suitcase and bury it in their garden.
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Some idea sanctuaries may be created in the physical world, in the form of dens, nooks or quiet areas where concentrated work can get done.
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In these cases, the consumer should have the right to expect a full refund, whether the game was purchased in physical or digital form.
Sheffield-born Gorman is currently studying for 'A' levels in English Literature, Art and Physical Education in lower sixth form at Repton School after winning a scholarship.
What didn't fail, at last report, was the series of physical barriers in the form of steel and concrete that keep radioactive materials from being freely released into the environment.
There was also clearly a certain amount of safe-haven buying by those concerned with monetary policy in the United States and loosening of monetary policy by the European Central Bank, encouraging purchases of physical silver in bar or coin form.
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These are all impacted in some form by a reduction of physical travel and the increase of remote work.
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There are grab bars on the front steps that he used to hoist himself into his home, an elevator with a rope pulley that he operated himself, and he fashioned his own form of physical therapy in the long driveway, challenging himself to crutch down to the road and back.
It is talking about adopting the euro in 2002, the year the currency takes physical form.
Wales, if Mr Morgan is correct, wants more political autonomy while retaining the accommodation represented by those flags in Crickhowell: a form of governance which is physical as well as conceptual.
Some form of physical exercise will pay you back in extra energy that will feel like extra time.
Aron was Semgroup's biggest counterparty, trading both physical oil flowing through pipelines and paper oil, in the form of options and futures.
Elemental carbon had long been thought to exist in only three physical forms: graphite, diamond and an amorphous form, of which charcoal is an example.
An NSPCC study on teenage relationships in 2009 showed 25% of girls and 18% of boys reported some form of physical violence.
In 1969 at my high school sports physical exam, I discovered that I had melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
And if you want proof that the form factor was the right one, the proliferation of iPad cases with built in physical keyboards should answer that question.
But nevertheless, they also look for physical demand to offer some support, although much of this may tend to come in the form of buying on price dips that helps limit any corrections.
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In the US, traditional incumbents are beginning to move from physical retailing to e-commerce, but most retain a heavy cost footprint in brick-and-mortar form factor.
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BlackBerry diehards will lament the lack of a physical keyboard they'll have to wait for the Q10, a model in the more traditional BlackBerry form.
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