But no sooner had she touched the spindle than the magic spell took effect, and she pricked her finger with it.

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The Magic Stand further enhances the effect, enabling the screen to appear as if floating.

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The Magic Stand further enhances this effect, enabling the TV to appear as if floating on air.

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If you look back into the history of Germany or Japan, or the United States, you typically find a period when the Magic Formula is in full effect.

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The network effect is the magic that grew AOL into a juggernaut (AIM), gave eBay an early monopoly on auctions, and has powered Facebook and Twitter to global dominance in recent years.

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It said that magic, in its most primordial form, might be defined as the effect of two independent objects acting upon one another over a distance, such as voodoo, psychokinesis, or telepathy.

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