• Giving robots touch allows them to be gentle and to handle things that come in many shapes and materials.

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  • You put one foot in front of the other and try to be gentle in persuasion and respectful of each other.

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  • In setting the scene Paul skewers the modish restaurant by adopting a tone that is slightly too sharp to be gentle mocking.

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  • Ordinary Nigerians, fed up with being robbed and bullied by their leaders, would probably like to see harsh punishments for the old regime, but Mr Obasanjo, a former political prisoner himself (he served three years of a 15-year sentence for allegedly plotting a coup against Abacha before the tyrant's death set him free), is inclined to be gentle.

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  • Rice never pretended to be a gentle leader.

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  • Who seem, if we are to be at our most gentle about this, to not be segregating the meat from various species properly.

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  • Do we really expect Asma to be kinder, more gentle of a figure just because she is a woman?

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  • "I think it caused a certain level of isolation and distrust on the part of someone who really just wanted to be a very very gentle, nice, kindhearted soul and have similar people around him, " he says.

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  • Moreover, the process is gentle enough to be used to examine the surfaces of cells without damaging them.

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  • They will also be encouraged to prescribe more gentle forms of exercise such as yoga for less active pensioners.

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  • The stent procedure, while gentle enough to be used on patients too sick for open abdominal surgery, is not for every patient, says Dr. Kenneth Ouriel of the Cleveland Clinic.

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  • Despite the toylike feel of his figures, he is too knowing to be a primitive, and for all his seemingly topical references mocking scenes, for example, of military juntas he is too dreamy to be a chronicler and too gentle for a parodist.

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  • The gentle comedy continues to be broadcast and retains a following, including "Rerun Watchers Club" chapters around the country and on Facebook.

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  • The novels, which feature Precious Ramotswe, a "traditionally built" woman of unspecified age, are so charming and gentle it might be surprising to learn that many of the characters and places mentioned in them are drawn directly from real life.

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  • But doctors will also be warned to tread carefully, providing parents with gentle prompts to encourage discussion about their child's weight, for example.

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  • With the economy still going like a train, even the most fervent believer in the new economy would be hard pressed to mount a strong case against gentle pressure on the brakes.

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  • Pedestrians walking the streets will be able to smell fresh-cut grass and hear gentle tinkling from fountains in parks and gardens.

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  • Then, at the last moment, rocket nozzles on the rotor tips will be powered up, providing enough lift to ensure a gentle, controlled landing.

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  • But they also know that these values, gentle and compassionate as they are, have to be applied in a harsh, uncompromising world and what makes the difference is not belief alone, but the raw courage to make it happen.

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  • Like the parents of the children of Lake Wobegon, we believe ourselves to be better than most, a bias at which Keillor takes a gentle poke.

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  • The Tatin technique is also good for soft summer fruits like apricots and (peeled) peaches, but be gentle in that case: It's best to cook the butter and sugar in the skillet without the fruit.

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  • Ultimately, the hope is that relatively gentle new combinations of gene-targeted drugs will be able to replace far more toxic chemotherapy regimens.

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  • "The carriers have been saying in a gentle way to RIM, 'Guys, you won't be doing this, '" said Robin Dua, chief executive of EnStream LP, a firm set up by Canada's three biggest wireless companies to implement their mobile-payments strategy.

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  • Ohana Gingergrass Bamboo Scrub, from the line Red Flower, may not be pretty (overlook its resemblance to dirt) but the crushed bamboo is both gentle and effective in sloughing off dead skin, while the ginger and bergamot work to increase circulation.

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  • He had been planning to write a Style article poking gentle fun at the CPAC conference and never imagined he would be handed such rich material.

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  • Of course decades at the top of that gentle warming trend (of about 0.8 degrees C) are going to be, on average, warmer than those at the bottom.

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  • Unlike dealing with regulators, whose job is to protect both sides of the market, the investing public and its lawyers won't be so gentle.

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  • Reminding abandoners that there are still items in their online shopping carts is remarkably effective: you should be able to recover between 10% and 30% of abandoned shopping carts by sending a sequence of gentle nudges by email.

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  • The dog would be waiting on her doorstep tomorrow morning, gentle, stupid, still undead, still looking for something to eat.

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  • He could be detached and aloof from those close to him, but toward mankind in general he exuded a true kindness and gentle compassion.

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