Fortunately, DeGeneres tells Renee Montagne, she has a secret method of preparation: Lots of sit-ups.

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Steiner Sports doubled that effort with what Brandon Steiner calls a "silent marking, " a secret method of ensuring the authenticity of the items.

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Even the Bar Council, which represents barristers, believes that the current secret method of appointment of silks is unsustainable and that in future they should be selected by a small panel chaired by a retired High Court judge.

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An object of the invention is to provide a method of secret communication which is relatively simply and reliable in operations, but at the same time is difficult to discover or decipher.

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Among the tricks of the spy trade the book reportedly reveals is MI6's accidentally discovered method of transferring secret messages.

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We also toured the nearby Tropical Plantation, a lush garden that houses a rich variety of tropical plants, where we learned the proper method of opening a coconut (the secret is a swift blow to the top of the nut, as it can be oriented as if it were a monkey's head).

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The secret lies not in the painkiller itself, but in the method for delivering it direct to the nerves causing the pain.

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