They settled on a cotton-modal blend (modal is a form of rayon) that offered a soft feel, attractive drape and absorbed color well.

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In the outer ring, it can involve a complicated analysis using the multi-modal, non-exclusive test originating with the Department of Justice, and later adopted by the Courts.

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More than 250 melodic units, called ''gushe, '' are arranged into cycles, with an underlying modal layer providing the backdrop against which a variety of melodic motifs are set.

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The system asks the top-most full-screen view controller (typically the root view controller) for its supported interface orientations whenever the device rotates or whenever a view controller is presented with the full-screen modal presentation style.

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In addition to the fatigue testing, the lab does modal analysis, to evaluate what will happen to the blades as a result of unpredictable wind gusts.

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