Likewise, Lawrence became a master of the set-piece engagement albeit on a small scale as his victory over the Turkish army at Tafileh in January 1918 so amply demonstrated.

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Coben could make a 10, 000-piece jigsaw puzzle look like something a preschooler could master in minutes.

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The owner dials their pooch's number and after one ring, it automatically connects to the phone on the dog's collar, allowing the dog to hear its master's voice, transmitted out of a speaker built into the collar-piece.

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This was just the sort of bravura piece and hyper-public occasion of which he had become a master.

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