She is losing her eyesight, cannot walk, and her speech is restricted to just a handful of words. |
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After a quick survey of the room, she saw that she was one of a handful of women whose hair was straight rather than curly. |
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Only a handful of people still speak Chipewyan fluently, he says, and those under 45 have only a sketchy knowledge of the language at best. |
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Chew on a small handful of anise, dill, or fennel seeds when you feel bloated. |
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He was one of a handful of guest directors Mr. Kent brought in over the course of the school year to whip us into shape. |
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Acidic soil can be amended by the application of compost and a handful of lime at the time of planting. |
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With all the evidence against him and only a handful of character witnesses his lawyers say he has little chance of acquittal. |
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A handful of texts and 40,000 Chinese whispers sent the message around the ground like wildfire. |
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Only a handful of federal judges have ever been impeached under this high standard. |
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The barber offered Josh a larger than usual handful of animal crackers from the jar on his shelf. |
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I picked up a handful of snow from what was left on the bench and mushed it around in my hand idly. |
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A handful of gold shirts were dotted amongst the crowds as Australian fans turned out to join in the praise of Clive Woodward's squad. |
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A handful of Scotswomen provided some of the most energetic of the suffrage campaigners who harried the government. |
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My family somewhat secludes itself from the rest of the town, and I've only kept in touch with a handful of friends from college. |
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This stranglehold exercised over public information depends upon the control of the media by a handful of corporations. |
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Only a handful of sub-Saharan African nations suffer more wretched conditions. |
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Place a handful of chamomile in a square of cheesecloth or muslin, gather and tie then throw into your bath for a soothing skin treat. |
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To give your Agapanthus a boost, sprinkle a handful of superphosphate around each clump in early spring. |
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He treads water for a few more minutes and sputters out a handful of other fun winter facts. |
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In fact, only a handful of the wealthy allow their entire fortunes to be taxed. |
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Hard water can be softened with the addition of a handful of washing soda or bicarbonate of soda to the wash and rinse cycles. |
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Though just a handful of scenic roads wriggle through its untold ridges and valleys, dozens of waymarked trails thread the mountains. |
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Even at one in the morning a handful of them were milling about up and down the aisles in search of the perfect snack to cure their munchies. |
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A handful of drug companies have offered to donate some drugs for a fixed period or to discount to a limited extent. |
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The airplane was a new weapon in the military arsenal, and Douhet was one of a handful who saw its potential. |
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But apart from a few xenophobes on the Tory benches and a handful of 'me-too' Labour MPs in the north of England, I never found it. |
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Bolstered by a handful of Academy award nominations, I had high expectations for this film. |
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Give each child a handful of hole punches and let them have sprinkle these over the paper. |
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It can seem on prime summer days that only a handful of Texas' half-million coastal anglers are not wading the bays or surf. |
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I expected him to come back with a handful of candidates and a few more maybes. |
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But then there are always a handful of ads that still have the capacity to shock and outrage me. |
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She stared at him in a moment of shock, then grabbed handful of slimy mud and shoved it into his face. |
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In up to 20 per cent of cases a cause will not be found, while a handful of patients are struck by the disease due to a variety of rare triggers. |
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Most of the crowd had flooded the exits now, with only a handful of amazed onlookers diving for cover under the dugouts. |
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A handful of U.S. companies install green roofs commercially, but so far high expense prevents them from greening individual residential roofs. |
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Like many writers, Phillips bemoans the way in which the publishing industry is now dominated by a handful of all-powerful conglomerates. |
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As I look around the room I notice the chess set resting on a small table, accompanied by a handful of books. |
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The entire agricultural output of crofting could be fitted comfortably into a handful of large east coast farms. |
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But this was the work of a handful of hoodlums, terrorists or just plain criminals. |
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A handful of others get some distribution, but rarely outside the country's bicoastal liberal zones. |
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Two chambermaids, each with a handful of laundry, stepped from an adjoining hallway. |
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I add that Canada also eschews bipartisan democracy in favor of a number of well-known parties and a handful of lesser known ones. |
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These are only a handful of examples with many more similar instances in co-ops, collectives and worker owned enterprises, around the world. |
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There are a handful of games for children, a seemingly endless series of rehashes of Victorian parlor games, war games, and that's it. |
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Only a handful of artists have ever used transparent watercolors as their chosen medium. |
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She recognized the shaggy brown locks that fell in waves around his boyish face, belying the fact that he was her senior by a handful of years. |
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Add a handful of black olives, stoned and roughly chopped, and a splash of white wine. |
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None sitting around the table have left the union as a result of the dispute and they can think of only a handful who have. |
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With only a handful of correct answers received for last week's quiz, there is still no third place winner. |
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Entrance fees for a handful of the sea-front carnivals are EUR10 for standing and EUR20 for a ring-side seat. |
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Of the government defeats in the division lobbies in this century, all but a handful have fallen in this category. |
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Drake grabbed a handful of his hair and twisted cruelly just as he finished tying off the rough bandage. |
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A handful of judicious cuts and fades would have given Black Widow a moodier bent and sharper emotional focus. |
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For sage tooth powder, grind a couple of handfuls of sage leaves with a handful of sea salt in a pestle and mortar. |
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Despite a hugely prolific career, Cole is now best known for a handful of over-played sentimental ballads. |
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If the owner only gets a handful of visits a year it effectively costs the taxpayer thousands of pounds a head. |
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At present, the car's power control unit, inverter, motor-generator and a handful of other key components are made only in Japan. |
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The handful of remaining officers were vastly outnumbered by fighters wielding machetes, swords, slingshots, bows and arrows. |
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Had they been in possession of a handful of headless nails and a hammer, they could have spiked Wellington's artillery. |
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Adam dismounted from Sport, stooped to the ground, and lifted a handful of ashes, which he let sift through his fingers. |
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So, instead of eating a roll of Munchies I would scoff a handful of blueberries. |
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You could add a good handful of ordinary basil if you're pushing the boat out. |
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These are only a handful from a vast collection including many regional cheeses made on a small scale by herdsmen or on collective farms. |
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Lincoln tapped her feet and rubbed a handful of nibbled fingernails up and down her jacket as if fastening and unfastening a zip. |
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It joins a handful of similar apps out there to turn your PC into a home theater, but is the only one that came from the gaming world. |
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Having asked only a handful of the questions I had planned, I felt disappointed, unsatisfied and unfulfilled. |
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Some even choose to keep a handful of specialist livestock on a few hectares of land and either sell or lease the rest to full-time farmers. |
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The dish was accompanied by a handful of giant manioc chips striated with purple, and a helping of delectable sweet potato. |
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I grab a handful of clothes and stuff it into the drawer of the mahogany dresser next to one of the king-sized beds. |
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But he was saved from a total electoral meltdown by only a handful of votes. |
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In addition to the Paveletsky project, Moscow's shoppers will have a handful of other subterranean malls to choose from over the coming years. |
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The party is ambushed by Cherokee Indians who attack with bow and arrow, tomahawks, and a handful of lever action rifles. |
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A handful of overmighty subjects exercised a disproportionate influence on the events of the Wars of the Roses. |
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Serious back problems, then a dislocated shoulder restricted the left-arm swing bowler to a handful of appearances over the past two seasons. |
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There's no place on earth quite like this handful of sun-drenched, mid-Pacific islands. |
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Add to the lime juice in the shaker three measures of dark rum, a rounded teaspoon of sugar, and another handful of ice cubes. |
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Only a handful of recidivists and unrepentant individuals convicted of major crimes against the faith were put to death. |
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Nestled among her descriptions of food at posh New York restaurants is a handful of recipes for the simple, homely food that she cooks at home. |
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In our house, there were a handful of books, mainly given as prizes for perfect attendance at Sunday School. |
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I would mix the soil in the heavily silted water of the Mekong River as a way to spread this handful of soil throughout Vietnam. |
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Leon performed a handful of his own songs, each one greeted with rapturous applause. |
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Until now, the location of the wave has remained a secret and surfed only by a handful of surfers from the U.S. and Mexico. |
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Kludgy workarounds and dedicated networks for a handful of devices are not sustainable solutions. |
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If you could bring together the handful of people who knew a niche, you could all but corner the market in it. |
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Many games especially those with playoff implications will go right down to the wire and be decided by a handful of points. |
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A handful of raw pepitas or dry roasted pumpkin seeds can give you a natural jolt to power through a workout. |
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In the handful of cases currently available for animals, namely lungfishes, amphibians, and conodonts, long-term stasis was found to be the rule. |
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I'm just a handful of films away from seeing the entire year's worth of quality product. |
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He tilts his head back, sucks on his wad of tobacco, and grins at the handful of patrons shooting pool and shooting the breeze with him. |
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The incident happened at about 2.35 am when a group of drunks began hurling abuse at a handful of firefighters. |
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I shoulda' seen it coming a mile away, but it didn't hit me until I was seated in a janky theater seat with a handful of popcorn. |
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There were about 50 coots, 25 shovelers, and a handful each of mallards and ferruginous ducks. |
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A handful of idealistic hacks questioned the journalistic ethics of accepting freebies, but they no longer work at the paper. |
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I spotted a handful of guys donning suits with designer labels on their sleeves. |
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Most beers are brewed to be drunk immediately but a handful of brewers are now producing beers that are intended to improve with age. |
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After draining them, he would put them back in the pan, add a handful of salt, and give them a shake. |
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Maxwell himself came and took a handful of Demetre's hair, yanking his face up. |
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Seb crossed his legs and gave me a contented smile, taking a handful of MY box of cheesy snacks. |
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Ian took his wallet from his pocket, delved in his pay packet and removed a small handful of silver. |
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Steel prices had been marked up by a handful of producers in view of the rising exports to China and a few other countries. |
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Mix a shovel full of compost, a handful of bone meal, and a little Dolomite lime to the soil which was removed. |
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It has a story that still rings true today and sports a good handful of excellent performances. |
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The last federal election came down to literally a handful of votes in some ridings. |
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The door to the root cellar from the kitchen was open, and my mother emerged with a handful of small onions. |
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Peter agreed he was a real handful who made life a misery for those living around him. |
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Only a handful of auctioneers in Dublin sell computer equipment from liquidations or receiverships. |
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Those handful of days were long enough to realize how lonely an old timer could truly be. |
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To discourage voles or gophers, add a handful of sharp gravel to the planting hole or plant bulbs in wire or fabric baskets. |
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In those days the staid, solitary Christmas tree on The Mound with its handful of lights was the highlight of my year. |
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Spend your spare time at estate and rummage sales and you will be rewarded with a house full of stuff and a handful of friends. |
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But the scandal of Enron's collapse is not an isolated example of a single company run amok, or even a handful of companies. |
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She put her hand in the fountain and scooped out a handful of water, then drank it. |
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The stroganoff pie had quite a creamy-textured filling, so it was a bit of a handful to negotiate in public. |
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Top with fresh chopped fruit, a handful of trail mix, and a squirt of honey. |
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Tucked between the Kodandarama temple and Manchala Street, it is home to a handful of Sikh families. |
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And it is this strength that Manhattan has drawn on, offering burgers, steak baguettes, scampi, ribs and a handful of other meat-lead meals. |
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You can also buy shares in a handful of Russian companies listed on foreign stock exchanges, which avoids the need to find a Russian broker. |
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Perhaps this explains that cuckoo '96 NBA offseason, which saw a handful of players land outrageous contracts. |
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As they watched, one of the players shambled over to the jukebox and fed a handful of coins into it. |
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Aid agencies begged for more air transport as a handful of exhausted helicopter crews flew non-stop missions. |
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Today there have been a handful of human to human transmissions of avian influenza. |
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For those of you still sighing for what once was, there's also the bonus material, a handful of live tracks from each Queens lineup. |
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One of only a handful of female big-wave surfers, Gerhardt joined the ranks of some 50 men who conquered Mavericks' gnarly 25-foot waves. |
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While a handful of new names are completely new to the list, others are previously ranked companies with new monikers or new owners. |
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There is but one hotel on the island and only a handful of private villas and apartments for rent. |
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The company is trying to reverse years of progress on rangeland restoration to serve a handful of cowmen. |
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Only a handful of major-leaguers had thrown a perfect game, but when they did, it was a beautiful sight. |
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Both come with rice, a fresh tomato, cucumber and bocconcini salad, guacamole, and a handful of corn chips. |
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The DNDi is determined to make available a handful of drugs for diseases like sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease and leishmaniasis. |
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The above are only a handful of the scores of decisions recognizing the cult's religious bona fides around the world. |
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Once upon a time, there was a handful of organic grain farmers in New York and one organic flour mill. |
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Lightweight satellite transmitters were attached to a handful of migratory Demoiselle Cranes. |
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Pam Henderson, at four, was in cracking form and demolished her opponent, losing only a handful of points in three sets. |
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Roy and a handful of others stayed for a further 15 months to wind the factories down for good. |
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A handful resisted arrest by going limp, and were separated from the rest of us, who were herded into a police bus. |
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A variant of it also affects a small handful of extreme myopes, those who have been severely short-sighted since early childhood. |
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Unlike with bony fish, only a handful of lamprey fossils have ever been found, because cartilage usually decays too fast to become fossilized. |
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She paused as she glimpsed the shock in my expression that she was speaking more than a handful of meaningless words. |
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As long as the State censors films, a handful of individuals, acting on behalf of the State, will be seeing and deciding what we can see. |
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She grabbed a handful of grass and shoved it down my neck, tickling me mercilessly. |
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He's lucky he has more smarts than a handful of paper pushers in our government. |
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And he dug deep into his pocket, rummaged about a bit and then took out a few notes and a handful of loose change. |
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He knelt down and pulled a handful of kibble out of his pocket, which he held out for Ginger. |
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Today, only a handful of flophouses, virtually unchanged for half a century, are all that remain of this once teeming world. |
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The marketing strategies of Shanghai also went astray, without shaping a handful of famous brands. |
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Along the coast you'll also find a handful of quaint fishing harbours and some great seascapes. |
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For a sweet and crunchy snack, mix a handful of bran flakes with some low-fat yogurt. |
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Made with standard size lumber, and built from full-size plans, just a handful of common tools are required to build this project in a weekend. |
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Just a handful of transnationals, local corporations and narrow sections of educated middle-class employees. |
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In addition, these sub-system maintainers may trust another handful of local developers to commit changes into their own repositories. |
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The letter was also signed by a handful who revealed they had in the past supported the Conservatives. |
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Birmogh Lasht marks the fringes of Chitral Gol National Park, home to markhor, bears, wolves and a handful of elusive snow leopards. |
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The abbey is a so-called royal peculiar, one of a handful of churches under the Queen's direct control. |
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This applies in particular to their secretariats that are tightly controlled and steered by a handful of developed countries. |
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Our back pages are dominated by celebrity drivel spun by agents acting for a handful of English superstars. |
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Eat a ripe avocado and a handful of raw, unsalted cashew nuts mid-morning and mid-afternoon. |
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And he is but one of a handful of first-generation, American-born soccer players on the inner-city Albion Hurricanes Football Club. |
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If you needed more than a handful of copies, then expensive, smelly and imperfect alternatives, like the mimeograph, were your only options. |
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The iron standpipe supplied residents of Rawcliffe with drinking water before the handful of cottages tapped into the mains. |
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Most blogs have a dozen or so readers, but a handful have built up audiences in their thousands. |
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I lift the covers at the foot of the bed and grab at her, mostly getting a handful of her skirt. |
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He soon trades it for a mountain bike with a flat tyre and a modest handful of small gold coins. |
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Also in attendance were student union staff, forum representatives and a handful of members. |
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Shadowy clouds completely obscured the moon, leaving a meager handful of stars to vainly attempt to provide light. |
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Only a handful of high-quality azurite in equant blocky crystals to 4 cm have been found in these pockets so far. |
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It would be hard to name more than a handful of journos who could equal Jill for uncompromising courage, tenacity and integrity. |
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Then a handful of fresh, chopped oregano, thyme, basil and tarragon was added. |
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Here is but a handful of quotations reflecting his thoughts on his guru, on yoga and the spirituality of man. |
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The school's library currently has just a handful of books to share between 300 pupils. |
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He experienced the best and the worst of Pipeline with a perfect 10, a handful of hideous wipeouts and broken surfboards. |
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He is one of a handful of medical doctors who also has a Ph.D. in public policy. |
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There are a handful of rapid-fire arguments worthy of Aaron Sorkin or David Mamet. |
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This is only a handful of some of the most notable men who helped to get American astronauts to the Moon. |
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He accepts that, outside of a handful of top flight clubs, few will have his take-home pay. |
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She nearly yanked a handful of her hair out while trying to get the brush through a rather large tangle of knots. |
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Should we allow our cultural heritage to be hijacked by a handful of self-righteous pedagogical censors? |
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Only a handful of mutilated relics could be discerned in the terse and ambiguous clauses of the consular constitution. |
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With this stat, Maxim joins the elite ranks of Cosmo, Glamour and a handful of other titles that thrive at the newsstand. |
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Only a handful of countries, mostly poverty-stricken, recognize the Republic of China, the official name used by Taiwan, as a country. |
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Only a handful of cod were caught and those landed were a little on the small side. |
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We studied a handful of services offered by programs, including aftercare, medical care, individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. |
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But in recent years researchers have found a handful of complex metal-free materials that can become magnetic at temperatures near absolute zero. |
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When the bill originally sailed through Congress, only a small handful of Members had been permitted to read it. |
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The condition is so rare it only affects a handful of women in the world each year. |
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Only a handful of customers are inside the scattering of pubs in the Square. |
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They know the elusive swing voters scattered in a handful of key states want moderation, not aggression. |
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A strut, a bit of attitude, a handful of sexy dance moves and the pop world is yours. |
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The tiny handful of ranch and farm locals tried to fill me in on who some of the folks were. |
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Despite having a fair amount of interest only a handful of people took the plunge. |
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When the fish melt away, introduce a handful of maggots and the same amount of hemp on to the clear patch. |
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Of the 72 people who have been through his doors only a handful have given up. |
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They were replaced by a distant silver moon and a handful of scattered shiny stars. |
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There always seem to be a handful of co-writes with his wife on every release. |
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Among these networks were more than a handful of sports speciality channels. |
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This is among the handful of critical comments Lynch utters in the course of the book. |
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All sandwiches come with a handful of nachos and some tasty homemade salsa. |
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He is a handful right now, into everything, chewing on anything he can find. |
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The hound has to be a real character who tends to be bossy and, maybe, has become too much of a handful for his owners to deal with. |
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This is bar a handful of Indian companies that are listed on the US market and shares that have been picked by a specialist fund manager. |
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While most desktop PCs have Macromedia's Flash player on-board, only a handful of hand-helds have the vector-graphics, player installed. |
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Scuba girl grabs a handful of abrasive jetsam, rubs it in the zombie's face, and makes her escape. |
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She had become one of a handful of UK women fund managers whose track records mean they can virtually name their price. |
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Only a handful of producers take Chenin seriously enough to try to make wines worth ageing from it. |
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The project will please a handful of beardies whose main love is for rocks in the middle of nowhere. |
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A handful of side quests aside, the main plot is completely linear and the approaches to the missions themselves give the player few options. |
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This is such a rich fossil deposit, it is one of only a handful world-wide that has been awarded World Heritage Listing. |
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In a nation where a wealthy handful own half the farm acreage, land reform has been a major fuse for national turmoil. |
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But with such high expectations, some anticipate at least a handful of negative heads-ups as we enter the earnings-warning season this month. |
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There are several hundred species of shark, but only a handful of these are harvested for food. |
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A handful of moderates are talking to middle-of-the-road Senate Republicans about possible compromises, although the talks are going slowly. |
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The book briefly mentions a handful of smaller communities but presents only ten photographs of them. |
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When the plane's engine blows, they crash and are marooned in the middle of the tundra with only a handful of supplies. |
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If blame is to be laid, it should be at the feet of a handful of aged and godly spinsters and widows who taught me through my primary education. |
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A handful of politicians are desperate to get anti-sectarian legislation on to the statute books. |
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Grey partridge are down to a handful of coveys and look as if they will become extinct unless concerted effort is made. |
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Put a handful of hide glue granules in an old tin can and allow it to soak overnight in just enough cold water to cover it. |
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As they stepped up to the oche, they were just a handful of cool double-top finishes away from the biggest game of their lives. |
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Try shredded pak choi, sliced shitake mushrooms, a handful of beansprouts, sliced mangetouts, cooked egg noodles and fresh crab meat. |
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Only a handful of gunsmiths have the ability to cut a tapered octagon barrel. |
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The loss of a handful of email messages because of a technical glitch is an irritation. |
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But all I have is one maybe and a handful of yeses conditional on coming up with the money. |
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Relying on argument or anecdote for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates. |
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Yes, a handful of tribes have made a mint, but only those that live near major cities and don't mind playing footsie with white government. |
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Rather, we give you the handful of interesting links that will, in time, make you a titan of convergence. |
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The group's handful of foreign staff, who were not hurt, were waiting for an American helicopter to lift them from the compound. |
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Thinking it would be best to stop off at a gas station and collect a handful of food to eat and gas at the same time, I hung a right at the exit. |
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We know he made many drawings of all kinds but beyond his anatomical studies, only a handful appears to survive. |
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However, a handful of firm favourites have kept their place on the final menu including good old fish and chips and freshly-prepared burgers. |
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Across the way, a handful of tourists examine the wares on offer in a souvenir shop. |
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Compare with a semi-auto that can spit out a handful of rounds in two shakes of the proverbial lamb's tail. |
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Here, but a handful of years later, their shift into one of the leading lights of modern jazz has been marked final. |
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Crack a handful of whole new season's walnuts, remove the kernels from the shells and halve and quarter them. |
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That pretty much boils down to biscotti and ginger cookies, with a handful of others thrown in. |
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Or if I toast too many nuts and have a handful leftover, I'll make a batch of biscotti. |
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Peter takes a shovelful of the earth and holds it out to the mourners filing past, each taking a handful and dropping it in. |
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Abeba is a taxi driver, one among a handful of women staking a claim to what was once an exclusively-male preserve. |
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He said most of the trouble was down to a handful of hard-core troublemakers who were well known to police and the courts. |
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When the economy boomed, a handful of men made great fortunes in railroads, steel and finance. |
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A handful of cops kept instructing the scribes and lensmen not to lean forward or stand. |
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But the retirement age for high fashion models is still around 25, with only a handful of supermodels considered viable into their thirties. |
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I took also a handful of dried apples, most of which I gave to Shagg, for I was still athirst despite the cold, and could not swallow them. |
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Spanish is the main language, but a handful of native languages including Aymara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui are also spoken. |
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A handful of profiteers, cashing in on this occasion to barter superstition, are ready to tout articles relating to funerals. |
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I left the cobbler alone after three bites and ate a handful of hush puppies for dessert. |
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But a handful of anti-hunt demonstrators, who peacefully protested amidst crowds of supporters, disagreed. |
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A small handful of soaked and blanched almonds or walnuts makes a nutritious mid-morning or afternoon snack. |
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A handful of shivering Albanians are fished out of the Adriatic, distressed beyond belief, hoping desperately for signs of missing relatives. |
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The Ismaili Khojas number over 270 thousand and there are still a handful of Sunni Khojas. |
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Just days before the midterm elections, a handful of Republican candidates got lucky. |
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The solution is to weave a mesh composed of small, moderately priced objects rather than a handful of very large and very expensive ones. |
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As the battle reached its climax the submariners continued to fight off their attackers with a handful of rifles and a Lewis gun. |
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Try sliced shitake mushrooms, a handful of beansprouts, sliced mangetouts, cooked egg noodles and fresh crab meat. |
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The film opens with a handful of high school kids, getting busy in the back seats of their cars. |
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This is one of a handful of reported cases of a clinically undiagnosed gallbladder carcinoma presenting as leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. |
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Except for eight privately-owned towers, all but a handful of Maine's lighthouses now have local support groups. |
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A child's handful of balloons escapes, as they must do every hour on the hour, and floats away over the Magic Kingdom. |
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When Soviet communism fell, nobody beyond a handful of military and apparat raised a hand to retrieve it. |
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She let out a strangled cry when he grabbed a handful of her hair and tugged her head back. |
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Armoured battle tanks girdled a handful of Boeings and uniformed soldiers were conspicuous. |
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Only a handful of traditional Cuban dishes require the use of chilli or pepper. |
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Overall, I am betting there will be at least a handful of valuable nuggets for everyone, irrespective of your experience level. |
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He opened the box and removed five hundred dollars in cash and a handful of fake passports. |
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Only occasionally does someone throw a handful of change into his moth-eaten guitar case, something he doesn't always bother to leave out. |
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When the batch is ready, everyone grabs a handful of cookie dough and a rolling pin, and the flour begins to fly. |
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That is not to ignore the handful of youngsters whose behaviour is unacceptable. |
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This country will not be blown off course by the actions of a handful of extremists or the machinations of outside powers. |
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His presence here can be evinced in a handful of amusing gag bits, and an armful of the unamusing kind. |
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Few poets write more than a handful of great poems, which is why the same ones keep cropping up. |
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A brother and sister arm-wrestling duo is proving a handful for opponents after walking away with a clutch of top titles. |
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However, on most days the audience consists of only a handful of shoppers and city centre security guards. |
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Before replanting, amend the soil by digging in compost or well-rotted manure and a handful of balanced fertilizer. |
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My priority at this time was though, as ever, a handful of uncaught carp in yet another big gravel pit. |
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There was essentially nothing to be seen, just the occasional fences, thick green, wind-blown grass, cows and a handful of lonely cars. |
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The exact number of ones with problems is unclear from the articles but it seems to be a handful out of many at best. |
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Just a handful of black licorice on a regular basis can reduce the amount of potassium in the body and may lead to fluid retention, not to mention irregular heart rhythms. |
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They would also get a handful of crushed oats on top of the mangolds. |
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And while it is impossible to have dozens and dozens of very close friends, it is ideal to have many different friends along with a handful of true-blue ones. |
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From the handful of shrapnel we were passed for trips to Yvonne's sweetie shop, through the insistence that backache and blisters were par for the course in summer jobs. |
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She delivers only a handful of lines but a truckload of kicks and punches. |
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Today, a handful of quick-eats joints in and around Newark specialize in the signature sandwich. |
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Only a handful of counts remained on which to reach a verdict, including the one of grand larceny. |
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A rich gold mine was also discovered, providing royalty payments to the handful of Warlpiri people with continuing traditional links to the country. |
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As many as three full-time officers patrolled their 1,000-foot beat, but the town's police department deputized a handful of volunteer officers to offer more help. |
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There are sad, Spartan stores, endless rundown espresso cafes, and just a handful of attractive restaurants. |
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A handful of young staffers lounged on couches or hunched over their computers at makeshift desks. |
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Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events. |
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In a moment of summer madness I sat down to write a handful of haiku to capture the feeling of summer, of sunshine, of long days and longer evenings. |
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Today, just a handful of shops and a scattering of houses remain, but its still worth a visit if only to capture the flavour of the island's unique heritage. |
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And she would like to steal a handful of lemon drops as well. |
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Only a handful of British couples annually succeed in adopting in America. |
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Place the flat bread on a plate, stuff with a handful of rocket, a tablespoon of soft cheese, and season with malt vinegar, lemon juice and black pepper. |
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Gianni Versace, together with a handful of names, symbolizes the success of Italian fashion all over the world. |
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The white-bellied woodpecker, banded leaf monkey, cream-colored giant squirrel, and many tree species are all represented by just a handful of individuals. |
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For pesto, the traditional method is to put basil leaves into the mortar before adding a fat clove of garlic, then some local olive oil and a handful of pine kernels. |
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, and hamza al-Ghamdi stayed with him, along with a handful of Saudi guards. |
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His handful of devoted aides have headed for their cars, and he is by himself on this uncomfortably warm Wednesday night. |
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The complex sleeps at night, except for a handful of sentries and guards. |
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In Holland, France, the Scandinavian countries, and a handful of Swiss cantons, women did gain access to at least some fields of legal practice around the turn of the century. |
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Since he was a child Matthew dreamed of making it big, of being a player in a country where more than half of the national wealth is controlled by a handful of families. |
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Having released two albums and a handful of singles, the remixer has become progressively more sought after by people seeking to give their material a makeover. |
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