But that hasn't stemmed people's enthusiasm for the small cat with the cranky face.

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At home, in the long hooded cloak she wears as a Druid priest, Cat stands at a small altar on which is the sculpted form of a woman, green leaves and an apple.

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"This is a small mammal, no bigger than a domestic cat and by nature it's not going to be looking for a confrontation with dogs or cats or anything like that, " he said.

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In case of the latter, pack an emergency kit for the trunk that, at the least, contains jumper cables, a flashlight, ice scraper, flares or warning triangles, extra gloves and hats, blankets, snacks, a first aid kit and a small snow shovel and a bag of sand or cat litter to help should your car get stuck in the snow.

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Practice your reading beforehand, preferably to a small audience, but at the very least to your cat.

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Take my garden for example: small, decked, neat, regularly patrolled by a cat.

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Its success has overwhelmingly been due to developing copy-cat technologies and paying top dollar to buy promising small firms.

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For some in the working class here--the random cab driver, small-time actor, bellhop--Slim's fat-cat wealth is reason enough for suspicion.

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Actual superposition (as opposed to the cat-in-a-box sort) is easiest with small objects, for which there are fewer pathways along which the superposition can break down.

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