• His chest was white and wet and naked, and he wore around his neck a tiny lead donkey tied by a string.

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  • Left untreated, what's termed "early dental caries" -- the first stage of tooth decay -- can destroy tiny teeth and lead to infection, pain, and lifelong consequences.

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  • That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book.

    NPR: Part One

  • State polls seem to have turned Mr Bush's way: according to new numbers from Gallup, for instance, he now has double-digit leads in both Missouri and Ohio, which he won last time, and a tiny one-point lead in Pennsylvania, which Al Gore won.

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  • The director is best known for the tiny film Control about the lead singer of Joy Division.

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  • Ideally, this new discovery would lead to a tiny, self-contained oil well: In comes plants, out comes fuels or chemicals.

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  • Ideally, this would lead to a tiny, self-contained oil well: In comes plants, out comes fuels or chemicals.

    FORBES: Connect

  • When a team of Harvard researchers wanted to create the ultimate liquid- and solid-repelling surface, they looked toward the Nepenthes pitcher plant, where curious insects check in and never check out, thanks to slippery walls that lead to their tiny, horrific fate.

    ENGADGET: SLIPS liquid repeller is inspired by carnivorous plants, enemy to insects and graffiti artists alike

  • The definition of a chaotic system I use is any system in which a tiny change in initial conditions can lead to a large change in results.

    FORBES: Chaos Theory, Financial Markets, and Global Weirding

  • So far there has been no expression of interest from England or Scotland in following the international lead set in a tiny town in rural mid-Wales by a charity that does not have a phone line and makes all its calls on Skype.

    BBC: Charity reaches rainforest goal

  • The tiny bones, each about the thickness of pencil lead, were first spotted three years ago by a local caretaker in the outwash from a steep hillside near a well-known fossil site outside Kunming, China.

    WSJ: Dinosaur Embryos Point to Rapid Growth

  • Exposure to its tiny fibers, particularly over a period of time, can lead to asbestos-related diseases that include lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma, according to the U.S. National Institutes for Health.

    CNN: UK court ruling opens door to more asbestos claims

  • For 20 years, Giorgio Leoni has been talking about the most famous eight seconds in San Marino's soccer history those eight seconds after kickoff when the tiny republic stocked with amateur players took a 1-0 lead over England.

    WSJ: Eight Seconds of Soccer Glory

  • Dr Dror thinks that in about 25% of cases, tiny samples or the mixing of material from more than one person can lead to such ambiguity.

    ECONOMIST: Forensic science

  • If the study in question is about mice, never talk about how the results will lead to a therapy or a cure or write about the mice as though somehow, they are just tiny humans with tails.

    FORBES: Mouse Behavior From Autism Studies Not Reproducible

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