There are a whole bunch of laws in there, people have to do tests on the toasters to make sure that nothing happens.

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Bassoul took him on a factory tour and talked up the latest grills, steamers and toasters.

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After all, a bank can offer customers money (whatever happened to toasters?) in the form of discounts on loans or higher interest rates to reward multiple accounts.

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Just as the government looks over child car seats and toasters for safety, it should also scrutinize loans and mortgages to make sure lenders aren't bilking their customers.

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Thailand's government, though, is leaping on the success of shows such as "Battle of the Angels, " "Scar In My Heart" and "The Princess" to help buttress its more conventional exports, such as seafood and toasters.

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All along the high street, cash tills chirrup as foreign bags and trucks fill up with beer, furniture, vegetables, toasters and televisions.

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Updated for the 1990s, the cat currently adorns some 5, 000 product lines, from pencil cases to slippers to T-shirts to toasters to mobile phones to credit cards to refrigerators.

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