To return to laptop mode, you open the lid and reverse the screen-flipping process.

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Occasionally, he would test that premise, pulling out the chest and asking his friends to open the lid.

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Open the lid, and everything is available and up to date.

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Details on the car like the auto-open charging lid and the car-shaped key fob with corresponding pressure points show that innovative thinking found its way into every aspect of the vehicle.

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So, you know, my mom said that when I was born in India, they didn't have a bed for me so I slept in a suitcase with the lid propped open.

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In addition, the inside of the trunk lid was partially spray-painted to create a light trap, making it more difficult to detect when the lid was cracked open.

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However, what has really blown the virtual lid of online education numbers was the 2011 introduction of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

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It is hard to imagine that McChrystal's decision to open his doors to Rolling Stone was a calculated move to blow the lid off of the mirage of strategic competence surrounding the "good war" in Afghanistan.

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