Albeit made of plastic, the smoothness and detail were good enough that you could not only get your Kasparov on, but you might even leave it out on display afterwards.
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This is London, where not that long ago, a good show meant you got a plastic chair under a tent.
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So when I see newly divorced patients in my office, I encourage them to hold off on plastic surgery until they're in a good mental state.
Even though I learned to swing a club on plastic mats, through some mix of geography and good fortune, my family belongs to the club.
In their daily shopping, the good burghers of Freiburg are happy to reuse plastic bags again and again.
The actual feel of the phone is quite good -- it's made primarily of plastic, but the border surrounding the display seemed to be made out of some sort of metal.
You rub the inside of each cheek for one minute to get a good DNA sample, put the swabs into the plastic tube provided, sign a few forms and send it all back.
That's to be expected, of course, considering we're dealing with lots of plastic and moving parts, and the fact they feel as good as they do while also dampening the noise is quite an accomplishment.
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White plastic, with a couple chrome accents thrown in near the keyboard for good measure.
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Yes, it feels good in the hand, owed in part to that matte plastic back and subtle arc S-like curve, but the materials feel cheap.
Rosie the organic range chicken enjoyed the good life before ending up beheaded, plucked, swathed in plastic and artfully arranged on a bed of ice at the Whole Foods Market inGlendale, California.
One online firm, Plenus, runs a popular web portal called NetMarble which does a good business selling everything from virtual hats and handbags to virtual plastic surgery for computer avatars.
The project undertaken by the Kerala Highway Research Institute in India, where shredded plastic waste has been mixed with bitumen to lay roads, is certainly a good example of the former, particularly as the proponents of the scheme claim the road is stronger and more durable than non-plastic roads, although that remains to be seen.
Case in point: When Kodak wanted to bring out a "single use" disposable camera, people within the company's film division vigorously opposed the move because the inexpensive plastic lenses used meant that the quality of the photographs wouldn't be as good as those taken by 35mm cameras.
Though the 101 XS' soft lines and plastic body don't provide much eye candy, we must say the device feels very good in the hand.
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