Then they rubbed the clothes on flat pieces of wood, squeezed out the water and hung each piece to dry.

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Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

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The wood-cutter's songthe ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown;

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When you hit the nail on the head,exactly on its top, it goes into the wood perfectly.

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The project leader says some of the birds place pieces of wood on heavy machinery like bulldozers.

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"And half of the people on planet Earth every day use wood or biomass for cooking.

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Some used natural materials like wood on the outside of the house for a pleasing appearance.

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It was very lonely. He placed one of the last pieces of wood on the fire.

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He put several large pieces of wood on the snow, under one of the trees.

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The areas the printmaker cut away will be lower on the surface of the wood.

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They travel together on a raft made of wood down the Mississippi River.

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On top of the wood, he put some grass and dry branches.

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That could be good advice. If you strike high up on a tree with an axe, the chip of wood that is cut off will fall into your eye.

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For example, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists some dos and don'ts of composting on its Web site: Do add lime, small amounts of wood ashes or crushed eggshells to the compost pile.

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Asked whether the United States has tried to exert pressure on Pakistan's government to reinstate former chief justice Chaudhry,Wood said.

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You can hear the wood sort of speaks to you while you are working on it."

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He notes that broad policy changes that reduce reliance on fuels like coal and wood are being implemented and are beginning to have a positive impact on life expectancy.

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Nearby,Marina Pirozhnivona, recounted how her 86-year-old aunt died last Saturday after experiencing breathing problems on a day when wood smoke pushed city carbon monoxide to almost seven times safe levels.

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The U.S.position on developments in Pakistan was a major topic at Wednesday's State Department briefing, where reporters pressed spokesman Robert Wood about Washington's view of Thursday's planned demonstration and the government crackdown.

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State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood said Clinton,in her calls to the Pakistani leadership on Saturday, urged a non-violent settlement of the confrontation with the opposition and said that there should be no impediments to peaceful, democratic assembly.

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And that's where we are,". On whether the Obama administration wants to see former justice Chaudhry reinstated, Wood would only say that the issue is something that needs to be worked out among Pakistanis in accordance with the country's laws.

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