Berenice was kneading a lump of biscuit dough, and she dropped it on the flour-dusted table.

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Instead, I felt like I was witnessing the dough kneading equivalent of the Little Engine That Could.

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The fine texture achieved by the long kneading is really worth the trouble.

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For employees whose back muscles require further kneading, a massage therapist was brought in to give free rubdowns two weeks ago.

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Kaysen skinned and filleted four chickens in nine minutes, then began madly kneading a mound of truffle dough for his halibut torte.

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Jan Mohammad, a tenant farmer outside Kandahar City, spends nine hours a day filtering cannabis leaves and then kneading the residue into clumps of hashish.

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Chef Leung Tsang Hoi is busy making dough for the har gau dumplings pulling and kneading it to make sure it is of the perfect elasticity.

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The contractions can be made to vary in intensity, and to simulate the feel of hand kneading, chopping and rubbing different parts of the body, according to the company's Web site.

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One example might be a baker kneading dough.

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