• The gravel-pit is very large and wide, with grass growing round the edges at the top, and dry stringy wildflowers, purple and yellow.

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  • The problem with so many American technology companies today -- especially in the mobile space -- is that while they have no dearth of business acumen at the top of the pyramid, they're typically dry on vision and foresight.

    ENGADGET: Motorola's cellphone business needs a new leader: okay, I'm in.

  • Despite the arch-capitalist atmosphere, half the sheikhdom's top hotels, its airport, seaports, refinery, dry dock, aluminium smelter and two of its three banks, among other assets, are government-controlled.

    ECONOMIST: The biggest and best in a patch of beach and desert

  • We set out on our own during the late afternoon, ambling through yet another dry riverbed, and wound up at the top of a windswept peak at sunset: Lemarti and Boniface building a fire, Trzebinski embracing and whispering to her young daughter, Tacha, relaxed conversation, aperitifs on offer--and a communal sense of wonder.

    FORBES: Escapes

  • Ms. SANDRILL GREEN: The water just kept rising, so we got the table and we put the couch on top of the table, and we put chairs on top of the couch and--trying to keep him dry up...

    NPR: Gulfport Takes Stock of Disaster

  • Which makes it so hard to believe that Indiana, one of the marquee programs in the sport, has not appeared in the AP top 25 poll since March 10, 2008 a dry spell of 1, 372 days, the longest in school history.

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  • The advisory that I spoke about at the top of this briefing is -- the ink is still not dry on it.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The top part of the trees' air mass that's been so dry.

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  • And the patch may need to dry overnight before a layer of micro-asphalt can be laid on top, says a spokeswoman for Hull City Council.

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  • Turns out it's a thing of great beauty and high performance: available in porcelain enamel in every color with brass or nickel handles and renowned for a "Top Chef"-esteemed combo of side-by-side electric and gas ovens for both dry and moist heat.

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  • They do not deserve their fate - and if they were to curl up and die as a result of being ejected from league's top table, then the deep reservoir of talent that the area has produced over the years may also dry up.

    BBC: [an error occurred while processing this directive]

  • In the most concentrated areas, he says, it could be compared to products you would clean your kitchen with, causing dry or cracked skin, or - in cases of prolonged contact - it can "lift off the top layer of your skin".

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