As far as comfort is concerned, chew on this -- out of the box, the Rat 9's completely coated in soft-touch plastic, and if you don't like that, you can swap for a pair of textured rubber palm and pinky grips instead.

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Wednesday morning, Arlen Specter handed me an example of economic illiteracy to chew on in this context.

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This means Smartfortwo Electric is priced like a competively small car, which should give the smart alecks something to chew on for this time.

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And for the darkest conspiracy theorists, there is this fact to chew on: Scott dropped by deputy counsel Vince Foster's office to offer her own friendly counsel the day before he committed suicide.

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In either case, the generals may find they have taken on more than they can chew, even in this modest exercise in electoral democracy.

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New drugs for transplant patients and stroke may enter late-stage trials this year, giving investors more to chew on.

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