Raking your fingernails down the shell does more damage to your digits than the device itself, and no amount of bending or twisting will cause it to yield.

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Many financeers say that as long as they did not commit actual fraud, they should not be punished for bending rules no one was bothering to enforce.

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Once the pane had survived gravity's examination, we took it out and started bending it, and while no-company would let anyone play with something it wasn't sure would hold up, this model did appear to be hardier by a small margin.

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Her tiny movements, such as bending over to closely examine a new item for the first time (even one that has no bearing on the game), give her a human feeling without treading into Uncanny Valley (where animation comes so close to actual human behavior that it causes discomfort).

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It had to be no more than a quarter of an inch (6.4mm) thick at any point, and capable of bending slightly.

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