Computer monitors positioned head-high every few feet flashed the orders for a given station.

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Whether, like a 5-year-old, he makes them stop every few feet to pick something off the ground.

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Large, heavy carpets were hanging from the ceiling, spaced apart every few feet.

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To add drama in a long hallway with a low ceiling, repeat the same flush-mounted ceiling fixture every few feet.

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For good reason: there was a rotisserie spinning the uniquely flavorful French chickens dusted with herbes de Provence every few feet.

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It was a hectic time in that we covered much ground and Scoble had to stop every few feet to greet and catch up with yet another acquaintance.

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Systems being tested now have a range of 750 feet and share data packets 140 bytes long (the equivalent of a few typed sentences) every tenth of a second.

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