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Last week, having had plastic 20-peso notes since 2002, Mexico decided to issue its 50-peso note in plastic too.
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Then the mementos are put into plastic bags with a note card with the date of collection, the fallen service member's name and the grave number.
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In their excellent new book, How Capitalism Will Save Us, Forbes Chairman Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames note that demand for mostly elective plastic surgery has rocketed sixfold in the last 15 years.
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Ms. JAMES: And I brought the note back with a tiny little bag, little plastic bag or something with some clothes in it.
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Apple, the Note 8.0's unremarkable, all-plastic shell serves a purpose.
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It masked the Galaxy S III ahead of its reveal last year in a blockier plastic frame and it could be that this phone, with a very Note-esque face and outline, is also a filler ahead of the final reveal.
ENGADGET
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In one final negative note, the phone takes one of the worst pages out of the Palm book and put plastic doors over not only the USB plug but the microSD slot and side-mounted headphone jack as well.
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Aside from crude Rockette-based jokes, we know very little about what the GS IV is purportedly packing, but hopes of a drastic shift away from the company's plastic-heavy designs were dimmed somewhat by the "more of the same" design featured on the Note 8.0.
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It's similar in size and shape to the company's Galaxy S Pen Holder Kit, which serves as a sleeve for the standard-issue Note S Pen, but Bluetooth functionality, along with a microphone and tiny speaker, enable the lightweight plastic contraption to double as a wireless headset -- sure to come in handy with the SIM slot-equipped international Note 10.1 flavor.
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