Even their long-sleeved, high-shouldered evening dresses are cut high at the ankle to show off the shoes.

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Part of High Street was cut off by waist-deep water and roads in and out of the town were closed.

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Johnson says he tries to act as a mentor, or life coach, for his students, helping them handle the off-court stress of trying to cut high enough grades and test scores for an Ivy League college.

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Working alongside the volunteers, they were handed poles to break off blocks or head-high saws to cut through the ice.

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The suspected offenders could be fined or have their Internet connection cut off for a year by a recently-set up state agency known as HADOPI (the High Authority for the Diffusion of Works and Protection of Internet Rights).

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Ergo, if our universe is just a simulation, there should be a cut off in the spectrum of high energy particles, and low and behold, there is -- the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin or GZK cut off.

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The new player's video quality looks great, especially coming off a high def source, but the audio to the set was cut by between 25-35% on the passthrough, requiring jacking up the volume while watching television.

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