Hanging from 100 feet of rope in the middle of El Cap, I started running back and forth across the smooth face.

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She turned on her side to better look at it, and noticed for the first time how comely it was, how round and smooth were its face and shoulders and belly, how lustrous was its hair.

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And I didn't see any evidence of hard living in his smooth, honey-colored face.

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Look at my smooth skin, look at my young face, look at my golden feather!

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Two goals from oscar Cardozo and one apiece from Pablo Aimar and Javi Garcia ensured Benfica's smooth progress, where they will now face either Marseille or FC Copenhagen.

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And we, as consumers, face these sheer walls, smooth as glass, edifices of obsidian, crystal, and silver that reach up to the sky, blocking all but a tiny patch of light.

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The phone's back is soft touch plastic -- the mini is a smooth plastic, by contrast -- and the face is the glossiest finish imaginable.

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