These days, the squishes apparently include groups like Americans for Tax Reform and FreedomWorks, which supported the pre-existing conditions bill.

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When you press a key on these models, its underside squishes through a layer of rubber that touches a circuit board.

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In South Carolina author Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical novel "The Great Santini, " a fighter-pilot father squishes turtles during a late-night drive when he thinks his wife and kids are asleep.

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This was never about the principled versus the squishes.

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Because of time constraints, for all Billy's realistic baby behavior, his creators were unable to capture "the fatty tissue that squishes when a baby moves, " says William Reeves, technical director for Tin Toy.

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