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  • She collects men like this.

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  • Quotable Jazz collects the best of these often funny, sometimes outrageous, always enlightening quotes.

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  • Stationary waves are formed in the air in the dust-tube if the length is rightly adjusted by the closely-fitting piston, and the lycopodium dust collects at the nodes in little heaps, the first being at the fixed end and the last just in front of the piston on the sounder.

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  • The commercial intelligence department collects and disseminates accurate information on general commercial questions, and collects and exhibits samples of goods of foreign origin competing with similar British goods.

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  • Lampblack is prepared by burning tar, resin, turpentine and other substances rich in carbon, with a limited supply of air; the products of combustion being conducted into condensing chambers in which cloths are suspended, on which the carbon collects.

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  • Of this family the members are almost exclusively marine, but Limnicythere is found in fresh water, and Xestoleberis bromeliarum (Fritz Muller) lives in the water that collects among the leaves of Bromelias, plants allied to the pine-apples.

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  • They include most of the collects on Saints' Days, for which, though no direct evidence of authorship is as yet forthcoming, Cranmer is probably responsible, and certain other collects, such as that for the Royal Family (Archbishop Whitgift); that for the high court of parliament (Archbishop Laud); that for all conditions of men (Bishop Gunning), &c.

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  • The operation is essentially a dissociation of alumina into aluminium, which collects at the cathode, and into oxygen, which combines with the anodes to form carbon monoxide, the latter escaping and being burnt to carbon dioxide outside.

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  • In the formation of spores the nucleus of the cell divides, the protoplasm collects round the nuclei to form the spores by free-cell formation; the protoplasm (epiplasm) not used in this process becomes disorganized.

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  • In the Church of England the history of the Passion from the gospel according to John is also read; the collects for the day are based upon the bidding prayers which are found in the Ordo Romanus.

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  • The Usk rises in the Carmarthenshire Van on the west, and flowing in a direction nearly due east through the centre of the county, collects the water from the range of the Beacons in the south, and from the Eppynt range in the north by means of numerous smaller streams, of which the Tarell and the Honddu (which join it at Brecon) are the most important, and it enters Monmouthshire near Abergavenny.

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  • One is a blood-splattered redneck who collects roadkill, dumping the bodies of dead deer into a fetid carcass swamp.

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  • The first process in laying out the workings consists in driving a gallery on the level along the course of the coal seam, which is known as a " dip head level," and a lower parallel one, in which the water collects, known as a " lodgment level."

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  • To the west of this ridge the water collects to form the Asan, a tributary of the Jumna; whilst to the east the Suswa receives the drainage and flows into the Ganges.

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  • The hexachloride, WC1 6, is obtained by heating the metal in a current of dry chlorine in the absence of oxygen or moisture, otherwise some oxychloride is formed; a sublimate of dark violet crystals appear at first, but as the hexachloride increases in quantity it collects as a very dark red liquid.

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  • For these settlers he has to find British wives, and to this end collects 11,000 noble and 60,000 plebeian virgins, who are wrecked on their passage across.

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  • When this white powder is heated and stirred about by any substance whatever, it collects in masses like new-fallen snow, and adheres to the body with which it is stirred.

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  • Gradually there were added to these psalter choir-books additions in the form of antiphons, responses, collects or short prayers, for the use of those not skilful at improvisation and metrical compositions.

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  • The new Scottish Proprium sanctioned for the Roman Catholic province of St Andrews in 1903 contains many of the old Aberdeen collects and antiphons.

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  • The collects come at the close of the office and are short prayers summing up the supplications of the congregation.

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  • The collects of the Breviary are largely drawn from the Gelasian and other Sacramentaries, and they are used to sum up the dominant idea of the festival in connexion with which they happen to be used.

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  • A narrow width of the coast districts collects its waters for discharge into the Arabian Sea direct.

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  • The consul collects the property (including arrears of wages) of British seamen or apprentices dying abroad, and remits to H.M.

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  • It therefore creeps up the side of the glass dragging the strong wine after it, and this goes on till the quantity of fluid dragged up collects into a drop and runs down the side of the glass.

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  • They are eminently dry-country plants (xerophytes); the narrow leaves are protected from loss of water by a thick cuticle, and have a well-developed sheath which embraces the stem and forms, with the sheaths of the other leaves of the rosette, a basin in which water collects, with fragments of rotting leaves and the like.

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  • The commission collects the small fee of 20 cents a car for its services as inspector, and later weighs all the wheat as it is distributed into the elevators.

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  • All taxes levied by the state are paid by the communal council, which assesses the property owned by each family under its authority, collects the amount due and has the right to retain one-fourth, or more, for local requirements.

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  • Large tracts of the Croatian highlands are well-nigh waterless, and it is only in the more sheltered hollows that sufficient soil collects for large trees to flourish.

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  • In the earlier source Noah collects seven pairs of clean animals, one of each kind; he sacrifices after leaving the ark, and Yahweh promises not to curse the ground or to smite living things again.

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  • It is a station of the Chinese imperial maritime customs which collects duties on vessels trading between China and the Portuguese colony of Macao.

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  • The fat gradually exudes and collects on the top of the water, whilst the membranous matter, "greaves," falls to the bottom.

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  • Heat is transferred from the compressed vapour to the cooling water and the vapour is converted into a liquid, which collects at the bottom and returns by the regulating valve into the refrigerator.

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  • The clerk of the county court collects all taxes of persons, companies or corporations subject to a privilege tax; the county trustee the taxes of other persons.

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  • Here she stands for some time; then, descending to her web, she collects the wreckage in great armfuls.

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  • Mount Everest The British Story - Colin collects autographs relating to climbers of Mount Everest.

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  • You collect spyware as you surf the net just as a ship collects barnacles.

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  • He has a particular interest in ancient crafts and industries and he collects and restores rural bygones.

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  • Currently the Farm collects cardboard from a local shopping center which is then shredded for animal bedding.

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  • A large capacity, 55 liter, rear bag collects grass clippings.

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  • This upstream chamber collects steam condensate and inhibits contact with the hydrophobic filter cartridge.

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  • The Homeless Musics compilation collects four live tracks, four remixes, and some new demos and will only be available at gigs.

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  • This site collects, categorizes and analyzes (for plausibility) a large collection of Urban Legends for your amusement and greater edification.

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  • Mr Rossiter, 05 Sep 05 When one collects luggage, it should be called for in a more orderly fashion.

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  • The boat - grounded in the shallows collects water-plants croaking frogs pale fish.

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  • Perry collects gong - May 04 Perry Fenwick collected a Soap Award on behalf of the Eastender's cast.

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  • For example, the project now collects increased tonnage from kerbside collections, which brings challenges in terms of storage, transport to markets.

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  • The East or Hampshire Avon rises in Wiltshire south of Marlborough, and watering the Vale of Pewsey collects feeders from the high downs between Marlborough and Devizes.

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  • This lake collects waters by the Brathay from Langdale, the head of which, between Bow Fell and Langdale Pikes (2401 ft.), is very fine; and by the Rothay from Dunmail Raise and the small lakes of Grasmere and Rydal Water, embowered in woods.

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  • Finance, regarded as state house-keeping, or " political economy " (see Economics) in the older sense of the term, deals with (I) the expenditure of the state; (2) state revenues; (3) the balance between expenditure and receipts; (4) the organization which collects and applies the public funds.

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  • Wright, The Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite (1882); Bayer, Historia Osrhoena et Edessena (St Petersburg, 1784), collects the references in classical authors; for the coinage see references in von Gutschmid (see below).

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  • The Cattle Semen Bank collects semen from bulls of breeds on the Trust 's Priority List.

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  • It 's a thoroughly disgusting sensory story about a depraved little so-and-so called Sydney who collects his nasal excretions to make a Boogeyman.

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  • We also use a service that collects data remotely by using " web beacons " or tags embedded in our site 's content.

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  • Insurance woes however given differences individual market to collects data on.

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  • This book collects some of his zaniest earliest adventures as they were first published in the 1940s.

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  • Find Gift.com does not sell the items found on its website, they simply provide a free service that collects these links to help people with their gift searching process.

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  • With the right ceiling fan, your home can be cooled by up to seven degrees, and you'll be surprised at how little moisture collects on your ceiling with this type of air circulation.

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  • Old-High-School -Yearbooks.com is a site that collects sales listings of specific yearbooks from ebay.

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  • The fur wad inside of the gut also collects food particles, and the entire mix becomes compacted.

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  • The teacher collects all the fliers from the class, then submits the orders and the appropriate payment.

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  • Even when a law suit is settled or a judgment handed down in favor of the plaintiff, it can still take time before the lawyer collects any money for his or or her hard work.

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  • Not everyone who collects debts is covered under the Act.

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  • The efficiency of a solar panel is measured based on what percentage of energy the panel collects and converts into electricity.

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  • A trombe wall is an outside masonry wall that's between eight to sixteen inches thick wall that collects heat and redistributes at night.

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  • The ground collects a large amount of solar heat that converts into steam.

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  • The ground below you collects a lot of heat during the day, which creates steam.

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  • A generator is the device that collects the wind energy from the shaft and uses electromagnetic induction to produce voltage; a usable type of power.

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  • Amazon - Not just for books anymore, Amazon collects the stock of 39 different furniture brands and put it all in one, easy to browse place.

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  • The site collects pricing and merchandise info from thousand of buyers across the web and brings it to you all in one easy to browse place.

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  • Unfortunately that link brings you to a fake web site (that looks like the real site) that just collects your information for criminals.

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  • The ACT Financial Aid Need Estimator offers detailed information to help you determine whether you will be classified as a dependent or independent student and then collects financial information to calculate your expected contribution.

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  • They absolutely need well-drained soil, so be sure to plant them in areas well away from standing water or where water collects in the garden.

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  • This website collects multiple versions of each song from contributors, so you'll find everything from intros to solos to full tabs for lead, rhythm and bass.

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  • The site even collects MP3s and tells you where you can find great tabs.

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  • Solar lighting collects its own energy to charge a battery, which then powers a LED light.

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  • While a gutter is a curved, half-pipe that collects wet leaves, molding them to its sides, a gutter screen is flat, allowing the leaves to slide right off.

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  • It collects over $1 billion in premiums from its policyholders each year.

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  • A federation of local unions, the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters collects monthly contributions of $75 from every participating employee and employer.

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  • You play a ninja that collects gold while avoid traps and obstacles.

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  • CheapassGamer collects all of the latest coupon codes and sale announcements from dozens of game retailers both on the internet and terra firma.

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  • The Frugal Gamer - A part of GameTab's video game site, The Frugal Gamer is another great site that collects deals from around the internet.

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  • He collects gold rings, which keep him alive as long as they aren't reduced to zero.

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  • One collector who collects porcelain dolls may focus primarily on the manufacturers that produced dolls during the 1800s, while another chooses modern porcelain dolls by certain artists with certain themes or other details.

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  • Free antique valuations are an excellent resource for anyone that buys, sells or collects antiques.

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  • The Grand Canyon is an amazing natural wonder - however, in the summer it is a giant bowl that collects solar radiation from the sun, catapulting temperatures to well over 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

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  • In hydrocephalus, excess CSF collects in the large sections of the brain called the ventricles.

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  • In this case, the effusion collects in the child's middle ear.

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  • It collects semen before, during, and after ejaculation, keeping semen from entering the uterus, thus protecting against pregnancy.

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  • Long periods of standing cause blood that collects in a bruise to seep through the tissues.

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  • The therapist carefully collects information on where and with whom the child already speaks and then helps the child choose a goal to work on in a situation that is just slightly more challenging.

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  • It collects semen before, during, and after ejaculation, keeping semen from entering the uterus through the cervix and thus protecting against pregnancy.

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  • Each ureter leads into the bladder, where the urine collects until it is passed out of the body.

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  • It is caused when blood collects at the site of an injury and discolors the skin.

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  • However, more severe IVH can result in hydrocephalus, a potentially fatal condition in which too much fluid collects in the ventricles, exerting increased pressure on the brain and causing the baby's head to expand abnormally.

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  • Outer ear-Outer visible portion of the ear that collects and directs sound waves toward the tympanic membrane by way of a canal which extends inward through the temporal bone.

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  • A nurse or phlebotomist usually collects the sample following standard precautions for the prevention of transmission of bloodborne pathogens.

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  • In a severe attack that lasts for some time, some of the air sacs in the lung may rupture so that air collects within the chest.

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  • There are many styles you can choose from that has a self-pool that collects the water so it can be recirculated to the spout.

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  • Doing this is painless, and the process collects a few cells to use as in the DNA test.

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  • Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that collects and manufactures hair pieces for economically disadvantaged children who require hair pieces or wigs due to a medical condition.

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  • Rather, the organization collects data for other uses in the form of complaints.

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  • The Office of Intelligence and Analysis collects information from all appropriate departments, state, local, private sector, and international, to analyze them and piece together any potential threats to the security of the nation.

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  • Using a hollow instrument that is guided by an ultrasound, the physician collects the eggs and places them into nutrient-rich culture with sperm collected from the male.

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  • The wax used to help surf boards retain their "grip" also collects sand, leaving a fine gritty film on the surface that doesn't immediately wash off in the water.

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  • For a site that collects information from many sites, go to Consumer Search.

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  • An infrared portable heater transmits heat into a room but rather than exposing the room to direct infrared light, it collects the heat that's produced and blows it into the room.

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  • The player with the highest card wins and collects all the cards in that turn.

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  • The player that collects the most books is the winner of the game.

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  • As soon as a player collects a book, they show it to the other players and place it on the table in front of where they are sitting with the cards facing down.

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  • One person collects the money from the other members and then places the order.

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  • The Pantene hair care products company runs a program called Beautiful Lengths that also collects hair donations for cancer patients.

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  • Each individual who plans on running or walking in the race collects money from a group of sponsors who pledge contributions to that runner.

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  • Each runner collects their sponsorship funds, which may then be donated to a cause that helps combat breast cancer.

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  • The organization, Books for Soldiers, takes these books, collects them and ships them overseas to military personnel stations around the world.

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  • This organization collects books of all types and then gives them to children.

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  • It is a for profit organization that collects donated books and then reuses them.

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  • The organization then collects these donated items and sells them at a low cost to the public.

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  • See what the recipient is missing from a particular collection, or ask a spouse or close friend who also collects and who knows what doll or accessory the recipient desires.

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  • Themed ornaments are also available, so if your loved one collects potbellied pig ornaments or enjoys chubby, cherubic Santas, it shouldn't be hard to find something appropriate.

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  • For those intent on creating a specific type of fish and doing it right, Family Vacation Getaways collects costume patterns for various types of animal costumes and provides links so that you don't have to go looking for patterns yourself.

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  • Aquarius collects friends the way some people collect eclectic pieces of art, and not all sun signs can cope with this type of lifestyle.

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  • Collectibles-Do you know a teen or preteen who collects a particular item, such as music boxes, coins, stamps, cards, etc.?

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  • A gold foil star can be great motivation for many children, or set up a system where the child gets a reward every time he or she collects a certain number of stars or stickers.

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  • Spoiler Fix - This fan site collects spoilers from all over the Internet so DH fans can get their spoiler fix.

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  • This is true on websites such as Episodes Wanted, which collects and trades episodes from up to almost 30 years ago.

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  • These can make a great gift for someone who collects brand memorabilia.

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  • AboutWatchbands.com - a watchband portal that collects information about watchbands from a variety of retailers.

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  • The Find - This website collects information from many different stores on the web and as such the selection of rose gold dress watches for men will change daily.

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  • For example, if you use a payment processing service and that service collects payments and then issues you a check, the service might send you a 1099 misc. form reporting the income.

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  • This charitable organization collects handmade blankets to distribute to seriously ill children.

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  • That's right, pear-shaped women have a harder time shedding the fat, which collects on the hips and thighs, compared to their apple-shaped counterparts.

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  • Apple cider vinegar that contains the Mother, such as Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar, collects sediment in the bottom of the bottle and ranges in color from an orange or yellow hue to a brownish color.

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  • Not everyone who collects benefits from Social Security can do so for their entire life.

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  • Inspired by the recent LifeHacker post, this list collects some of the best services on the net that let you discover new music.

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  • His latest release, the 2006 album Noise Floor, collects Bright Eyes rarities and B-sides and was a hit with Bright Eyes completists and new fans alike.

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  • Kat Von D collects vintage designer clothing and platform shoes.

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  • He goes through Hell and collects us freaks down here.

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  • This finer matter which collects in the centre of each vortex is the first matter of Descartes - it constitutes the sun or star.

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  • It collects nearly all the drainage of the Udaipur plateau with that of the eastern slopes and hill-tracts of the Aravallis, and joins the Chambal a little beyond the northeastern extremity of the Bundi state, after a course of about 300 m.

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  • This arrangement is a method of checking transpiration by creating a still atmosphere above the pore of the stoma, so that water vapour collects in it and diminishes the further outflow of vapour.

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  • The preface to this edition collects all the biographical details and gives full bibliographical references to MSS.

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  • The female beetle in spring-time collects dung, which she forms into a ball by continuous rolling, sometimes assisted by a companion.

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  • The figures are no longer abstractions; they are concrete examples of the folly of the bibliophile who collects books but learns nothing from them, of the evil judge who takes bribes to favour the guilty, of the old fool whom time merely strengthens in his folly, of those who are eager to follow the fashions, of the priests who spend their time in church telling "gestes" of Robin Hood and so forth.

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  • The bark contains a large amount of a fine, highly-resinous turpentine, which collects in tumours on the trunk during the heat of summer.

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  • The others, which terminate streams, are the Bahr el-Ateiba, which receives the waters of Damascus; the Mat, into which the Kuwaik flows below Kinnesrin; and the Ak Deniz, or Bahrat Antakia, the ancient Lake of Antioch, which collects the waters of the Kara Su and Afrin, the southward from the watershed which shuts off Commagene.

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  • Trade between Porto Rico and the United States is free, but upon imports to Porto Rico from foreign countries the Federal government collects custom duties and pays the net proceeds to the insular government.

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  • The municipal garbage plant (destructor) collects and reduces to fertilizer 200 tons of garbage per day.

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  • In Wales and the south of England the process is conducted in a reverberatory furnace, the sole of which is paved with slags from previous operations, and has a depression in the middle where the metal formed collects to be let off by a tap-hole.

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  • While the furnace is running the crucible and channel remain filled with lead; all the lead reduced to the metallic state in smelting collects in the crucible, and rising in the channel, overflows into the basin, whence it is removed.

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  • A yellowish powdery mixture of zinc and lead oxides collects on the lead; it is skimmed off and sold as paint.

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  • The flowers, which are solitary, or rarely in pairs, at the end of slender axillary flower-stalks, are very irregular in form, with five sepals prolonged at the base, and five petals, the lowest one larger than the others and with a spur, in which collects the honey secreted by the spurs of the two adjoining stamens.

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  • The intellect collects the universal, which exists but not as a substance (est sed non substat), from the particular things which not merely are (sunt) but also, as subjects of accidents, have substantial existence (substant), by considering only their substantial similarity or conformity.

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  • The mud collects at the bottom of the u, and allows the upper part of the bag to filter for a longer time than would be the case if the bottom end were closed and if the bag hung straight like the letter I.

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  • As soon as the outlet pipe has become sufficiently hot the zinc flows through it and collects in conveniently placed receptacles.

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  • This method is rarely practised except by the rollers of zinc. A certain amount of refined zinc can be dipped from the furnace; a further amount, nearly free from iron, can be liquated out of the ingots cast from the bottom of the bath in a subsequent slow remelting, and it is sometimes possible to eliminate a zinciferous lead which collects in the sump of the furnace.

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  • The condensing water enters at the top and is conducted to the bottom of the inner tube, which it fills and then flows over the outside of the outer tube; it collects in the bottom funnel and is then led off.

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  • In the Le Bel-Henninger form a series of bulbs are connected consecutively by means of syphon tubes (b) and having platinum gauzes (a) at the constrictions, so that when a certain amount of liquid collects in any one bulb it syphons over into the next lower bulb.

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  • The board of county commissioners fixes the rate of county taxes and levies those taxes; and the county treasurer collects the taxes of the state and those of the county.

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  • The third deluxe hardcover in the New X-Men series collects New X-Men Vol.

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  • The Cattle semen Bank collects semen from bulls of breeds on the Trust's Priority List.

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  • The machine will figure this out as it collects more data and incorporates more variables, and then experiments on people to see which combinations of factors work the best.

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  • Pulp collects in a strainer, while the juice is released into a glass.

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