It seems unlikely that such a small tail could wag such a large dog, especially given that investors almost exclusively trade futures contracts.

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So Boeing is considering various compromises, such as a small extra engine in the tail, to give the aircraft more thrust.

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For instance, in other as-yet-unpublished work, they say they have discovered that the Magellanic Clouds (there is a small one as well) jointly sport a tail of stars that dangles around the Milky Way.

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The stabiliser is a small horizontal flap on the top of the aircraft's tail.

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With two porthole windows that look like eyes set just above four small red tile awnings that look like a beak, two wings and a tail, the architecture of the nondenominational church in the city of Madeira Beach uncannily resembles a cartoon chicken.

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And they are published by small, sharp-eyed firms: Soft Skull Press in America and Serpent's Tail in Britain.

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