With all that expandability, the Crystal is a bit on the bulky side for an all-in-one, measuring a full 3.8-inches thick, but there's really a lot to love here if you can overlook the processor limitations -- and if you've got the DIY spark to build your own PC in the first place.

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Moreover, his delight in lush-featured women led him to create the most recognizably Pre-Raphaelite female ideal: long thick hair, deeply set eyes, full lips and a strong jaw-line.

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"Slightly thick, full and unfinished, " he announces to the other Anheuser-Busch executives gathered recently in the tasting room at company headquarters in St.

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Now, with the spring artichoke season just kicking into gear, is a terrific time for baby artichokes, which grow lower on the stalk than their full-size siblings and do not develop the same thick wall of tough outer leaves.

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But they do have their own style: featureless, virtually deserted buildings, full of marching rows of high-tech servers and routers fed by thick bundles of cable, their cooling fans forming a roaring chorus in the chilly gloom.

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Robben was again in the thick of the action early in the second half, collecting the ball on the left and drawing a good full-stretch save from Mucha with a curling effort before appearing on the right and pulling back for Sneijder to shoot, but again the Slovakia keeper saved, this time with his face.

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