As we poke about the town, which spirals up out of the plain like the tip of a caramel ice cream cone, the first snowflakes drift down, foreshadowing an impending storm.

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Poke the Box is about the spark that brings things to life.

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She is now wondering whether debt-crazed governments are peddling a pig in a poke, and using the growing panic about pensions to do so.

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That she was ready to poke fun at herself, and slow to care about the limitless gossip that appeared about her.

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For now, enjoy the fact that your Facebook communications are relatively private when it comes to law enforcement monitoring, so you can poke people as you please without worrying too much about the police watching.

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Seems a near-decade of comedy routines, movies and TV commercials that poke fun at foreign accents in distant lands answering questions about simple product information has had an effect.

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When weather permits, NASA planetary geologists and biologists poke and prod the rocks and waterways of the island to dig up clues about terrestrial and perhaps martian natural history.

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Having endured endless jokes about his oversized frame, the New Jersey governor shrewdly decided the best path was to poke fun at himself.

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