• He left everything as it was the "robber baron" cast-iron mantle, the off-center arch leading into the living room put up a coat of paint and "camped out" for almost 12 years.

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  • It is believed that their strong electric charges attract them either to the viruses (thus inactivating them) or to the cells of the vaginal wall (thus covering those cells like a coat of paint and preventing viruses from entering the body).

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  • Apart from the new, modern atrium with a view of the countryside, a fresh coat of paint and some structural repairs, little appears to have changed.

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  • When I arrive, the walls are being given a fresh coat of paint in preparation for next week's fiesta - a party in celebration of the village's patron saint, during which the 40-odd inhabitants gather to sing, dance and roast a pig on a spit.

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  • Homes have gotten everything from a fresh coat of paint to an overhaul of their landscaping.

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  • The idle craft is parked in an airport in the northern city, Mazar-i-Sharif, with a coat of golden paint.

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  • It also reported that as recently as this summer the word was still faintly visible under a coat of white paint.

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  • Nearly every major product line has a shiny new coat of paint going into the season, and nearly every gift giver has a price point that makes sense.

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  • But unlike two other ex-Soviet carriers in China that ended up as theme parks, this one was taken to a navy shipyard where, in 2005, it got a telltale coat of Chinese military paint.

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  • Rebelle ditches the lasers for NERF arrows and slaps a supposedly female-friendly coat of purple and pink paint on the whole thing.

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  • Two paint technicians simultaneously apply a primer coat afterward, working on opposite sides of the body.

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