Many of her opponents within the party have long been sharpening their knives.

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They stand on their feet for long hours in the cold, sharpening fillet knives and slicing up and de-boning the monkfish, cod and halibut that the fishing boats bring in.

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With two-thirds of American adults tipping the scales these days as overweight or obese, the same lawyers and activists who took on Big Tobacco are now sharpening their knives for their next target: Big Food.

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As concern over Internet advertising and data collection grows, privacy advocates and the Internet advertising industry have been sharpening their legal knives for more than a year.

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But my disappointment was like one of those knives, after sharpening, in my chest.

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Among the future possibilities: bridges that won't buckle under severe seismic stress, a new generation of Frank Gehry-inspired forms of improbably twisted steel, car frames that can absorb the shock of head-on collisions and, yes, knives that may never need sharpening.

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