Before everyone returned to their boats, they each tossed two handfuls of sand onto the narrow mound of soil.

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Security Council resolution, which we believe we can, that it would assist in getting maybe one or two handfuls of countries to add troops that have thus far not felt they could do so.

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Why did the poor poet of Tennessee, upon suddenly receiving two handfuls of silver, deliberate whether to buy him a coat, which he sadly needed, or invest his money in a pedestrian trip to Rockaway Beach?

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Observers from the opposition parties said that, late in the day, two young men had come in and stuffed a few handfuls of ballot papers into the box before running out again.

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Cashin prepared their meal: two slices each from the cannon-barrel dog sausage made by the butcher in Kenmare, three handfuls each of dry dog food.

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