This effect occurs only when the two stars are in almost perfect alignment.

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The Mauni Amavasya is a day when sun, moon, Venus and Mercury are in the zodiac of Capricorn, a rare but perfect alignment of planets, devotees believe.

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Sure, should the laws of nature behave in perfect alignment, dough would perform with absolute military precision and will, each and every time, bake to a perfect 12-inches.

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To ready Dial M for Murder for this current release, MPI's work included a 4K scan of the original camera negative, and a full restoration of the two "eyes, " as well as convergence fixes to ensure perfect alignment.

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Among Mingus's notable albums including "Pithecanthropus Erectus, " "New Tijuana Moods" and "Mingus Dynasty" "Mingus Ah Um" stands out as the purest and most affecting expression of his aesthetic, a moment when his ever-shifting music and musicians came into perfect alignment.

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Granted, in a perfect world there would be alignment between the two, but alas, the world is not perfect.

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