At a dollar a chip, ZigBee transceivers could even be built into toasters and coffee pots.
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They courted young newlyweds, in hopes of building lifetime relationships, and toasters symbolized that effort.
Bassoul took him on a factory tour and talked up the latest grills, steamers and toasters.
Individual banks competed for consumers by offering mileage awards, toasters and all manner of other gimmicks.
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This is exactly what we observe for goods such as toasters, TVs, iPods, washers and dryers.
If banks went back to giving away toasters that would be a breakthrough.
All along the high street, cash tills chirrup as foreign bags and trucks fill up with beer, furniture, vegetables, toasters and televisions.
There are a whole bunch of laws in there, people have to do tests on the toasters to make sure that nothing happens.
Consumer Reports has long been recognized as an unbiased and trusted source of reviews for common household items such as dishwashers, coffee makers, 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.
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.
When my parents passed the mashed potatoes at the dinner table it regularly came with a spoonful of stories about tragic motorcycle accidents, drug overdoses and houses that caught fire from plugged-in toasters.
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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.
Sure, toasters have gotten bigger, more colorful, and more likely to burn down your house since its conception, but unlike refrigerators, dishwashers, and microwaves, this cooking utensil just hasn't gotten much attention over the years.
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