All the more surprising, then, that the result of their collaboration should too often feel thin and cramped.

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It must feel thin to those hurt by Enron.

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The Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC are perfectly sculpted with a dramatic taper making them feel magically thin in your hand.

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As he tried to move slowly back to the passage he could feel her thin legs bumping rhythmically in ghostly, playful taps against his own.

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In May a survey asked 94, 000 HP employees to grade the management in 15 categories and, while HP got high marks in seven segments, the workers gave below-average grades in three: The troops said they don't yet understand the adaptive strategy and feel stretched thin by their new roles.

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As your narrator becomes increasingly unreliable, the world around you starts to feel paper-thin, almost illusory.

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But as Labour appeared to accept a few weeks ago, their constituents may sometimes feel that alibi can wear a little thin.

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"I feel as if I am walking on thin ice, " he said then, and even now his nervous smile and effete hand wave suggest someone afraid to venture too far from the shore.

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At 88 grams and just 6.1mm thick, it's also shockingly thin and light -- of course, the anodized aluminum backing makes it feel like a premium piece of kit.

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Thin films of such nanoparticles could be used to make digital displays with the look and feel of paper.

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