• As Kylie and I made our way home, she in a satisfied sleep, I felt a little lighter.

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  • Pfizer posted first-quarter earnings that basically met analysts expectations, with sales a little lighter than analysts expected and profits a little higher.

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  • Moreover, since the army was 2, 000 men under strength when that was supposedly around 104, 000, in mid-2005, it is only a little lighter now that the authorised complement is just under 102, 000.

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  • Something a little lighter for a Friday afternoon.

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  • In either case, the skin color is generally close to the family's coloring, but a little bit lighter.

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  • The problem with that definition, of course, is that not just anybody can measure it -- since most of us don't have an International Prototype Kilogram laying around, especially since every time the thing is picked up a few atoms rub off of it making it a little bit lighter.

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  • As long as people worked very hard, they would be in reasonably good shape and they would quickly recover, especially with a little bit of lighter gravity there.

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  • As a vegetarian, I like their heft as a side dish, meaty little bundles that complement lighter fare.

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  • Instead, it just tries to be thinner, lighter or a little more advanced than its competitors in the high-end and mid-level price bands.

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  • They pulled out of agreements with Ovshinsky after investing in technology that he declared was nearly ready, only to be left with lighter pockets and little in the way of profitable products.

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  • The composite materials are much lighter than traditional metal (though equally as sturdy), enabling planes to be a little larger and thus more spacious while still consuming the same amount of fuel.

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  • Yet, except in areas like that, bordering the Sahara, where blacks were traditionally enslaved by lighter-skinned desert peoples, slavery and the slave trade left no social stratification, and they figure little in popular consciousness today.

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