Collectors prize the ancient life-size clay statues of human figures made on Kali Island but have long wondered how Kalinese artists were able to depict bodies with such realistic precision.

收藏家们很珍惜卡利岛上制作的古代真人大小的泥人雕像，但长期以来一直想知道卡里亚的艺术家们是如何能够以如此逼真的精度描绘人体的。

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When Schiavone's final shot went long, li na fell to the clay with her arms extended and looked up at her player's box, where her husband, whom she fired as coach earlier this year, applauded.

随着斯齐亚沃尼最后的击球出界，李娜伸张着手臂躺在球场上，抬头看着球员包厢。在那儿，今年早些时候被她解除教练职务的丈夫正鼓着掌。

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Stretched naked on a long table lay the body of Henry Armstrong, the head defiled with blood and clay from a blow with a spade.

解剖台上躺着亨利·阿姆斯特朗的裸尸，被一锹砍下的头颅满是血污和泥土。

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Or,they place long thin rolls of clay on top of each other and then make them smooth.

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After a long time, some of the rock changes to clay.

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A friend of Webster's described the meeting in these words: "Mister Clay came to Mister Webster's house and had a long talk with him about the best way to settle the difficulties growing out of slavery and the new territories.

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"He's been so dominant for so long on clay, but everyone knew that just couldn't last, " said Djokovic, who was also beaten by the Spaniard in last year's Rome final -- Nadal's last tournament win.

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Described by John Curtis, keeper of special Middle East projects at London's British Museum, as "one of the most iconic objects in the museum, " it is a small, unremarkable oblong of clay almost 9 inches long and 4 inches in circumference.

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Federer, by contrast, has taken a long time to adapt to clay.

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