But eventually, each atom encounters a plate at a temperature lower than its boiling point, at which point it sticks to the plate, just as water freezes when poured on to dry-ice.

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She takes her visit to the Galapagos, for example, as the starting point for an explanation of plate tectonics (the itchy movements of the various plates that comprise the earth's ever-shifting surface) that created these islands.

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Harvey, at that point 2 for 18 at the plate this year, singled to left.

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You had merely to lead them to the plate-glass porch door and point out a squirrel or a cat running on the railing, or the automatic pool vacuum flipping its tail in the water as it carried on, side to side, end to end.

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Adjacent lenses in O. wendtii are generally attached to the same individual plate of the external skeleton, so they all point in more or less the same direction.

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To foodies, of course, the plate is always half-empty, but in this case they may have a point.

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Hit the ball below the line a metal plate that makes a dispiriting sound when you do and you lose that point.

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The acrylic plate to protect the LCD from water pressure and shocks is 1.5 times thicker than conventional point-and-shoot cameras.

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