She shut the car door and pulled the stroller backward over the hard-packed snow on the sidewalk and up the long flight of steps to her porch.

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As Cecchi took us down a flight of rickety steps into his sweltering basement workshop, it was hard not to stare at his rough hands.

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The most significant feature of Nevins's garden at Middlefield is the hornbeam room, entered as one moves up a flight of stone-and-grass steps toward a bench set on axis with what is the beating heart of any country house in summer, the well-used and much-loved screened porch.

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Climbing a flight of stairs roughly 10 steps is equivalent to taking 38 steps on level ground, Dr. Bassett says.

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Like a mathematical proof, a flight of stairs is a series of logical steps that flow smoothly and intuitively to their conclusion.

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But these steps have been overshadowed by a tightening of controls aimed at curbing capital flight.

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The silliness of temporary security rules issued right after the bombing attack shows the need for better leadership at TSA. The agency has backed off steps like banning magazines, books and blankets from passengers for the last hour of flight or turning off in-flight entertainment systems and not letting pilots announce the plane's location.

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Airplane passengers can take steps to cushion the impact of a delay or lower the chance of getting on a delayed flight, Boyd said.

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