That way, he said, he wouldn't have to haul his digital clock with the extension cord out of his truck to every practice.

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In practice they usually don't, because states lack the legal authority to compel out-of-state retailers to collect the tax.

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While Coples doesn't have a lot of experience at linebacker, Ryan worked him out there during his pro day and had him practice there briefly last spring.

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Prokopi spent the next year and a half cleaning the T. bataar fossils, gluing them together, fabricating bones out of resin to replace missing pieces (an accepted practice, even in museums), and building a custom-welded frame.

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It began as a relatively simple tale of two characters, meeting by chance very early on a fine May morning (meaning, one assumes, it wasn't actually raining) while walking out of London up Tottenham hill, and spending their time in the discussion and practice of the joys of fishing.

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