They are not allowed to own weapons, prompting the more-creative residents to carry wood slingshots instead.

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It slingshots upward, especially when the air inside cools enough to condense all the water vapor it carries.

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As the collapsing credit bubble slingshots the real value of gold higher, gold stocks will finally provide the operational leverage they have lacked.

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Once home to circus performers and the Miss America Pageant, the Pier is now a modernamusement park of rides and attractions, including the thrilling Rocket that slingshots riders 225 feet into the air, and a variety of fried foods.

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