Pope Benedict XVI, for example, might challenge the scholars' conclusions but he would not object to their method.

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In the method, a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected.

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Barry's method tells the robot about an object's nature, focusing its attention on the most effective interactions -- sliding a plate until it's more easily picked up, for example.

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In developer-speak, these are manipulations of objects in the DOM (document object model), the core method of representing content on the web.

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An object of the invention is to provide a method of secret communication which is relatively simply and reliable in operations, but at the same time is difficult to discover or decipher.

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Kepler flags exoplanet candidates via the transit method, which looks for dips in a star's brightness caused by an object crossing in front of it.

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