Mr Plotnik and his colleagues placed a white cross above the elephants' right eyes and an invisible cross over the left eye, so that neither smell nor a memory of paint being applied should tell the elephants where the conspicuous marking was.

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Without applied paint, feathers or other materials, it remained an incomplete host.

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So the correct paint has been applied to those areas that have suffered corrosion, and a bolt with the right kind of metal has been attached to a fitting that earlier caused the "minor" flood.

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The San artists applied the paint with porcupine quills and plant fronds.

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Allmark said the recall was troubling because Fisher-Price has had a long-standing relationship with the Chinese vendor, which had applied decorative paint to the toys.

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Unlike paint, the film can be applied and removed by technicians without any need for protective clothing.

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The paint is thick, almost recklessly applied, gloriously messy and richly hued from blue-green to brown to tan to yellowy white.

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If a vehicle gets contaminated its paint can be quickly scraped off and a new top coat applied in its place.

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The new paint, similar to that used in the offshore oil industry, is then applied in three coats.

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