Others share his ambition: Papi is so concerned with preserving tradition that he has written a book dedicated to the importance of hand-finishing watches.

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And the dramatic turnaround was completed in the closing stages as Smith failed to gather Templeton's inswinging cross and Obua was on-hand to apply the finishing touch at the back post.

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In a small pottery studio in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, the steady hand of Peter Graves, 64, adds the finishing details to a delicately-painted picture of a ship inside an enamel box.

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Kiton is renowned for its expert tailoring and hand-made attention to details such as stitching, buttonholes and finishing touches all to create a distinctive piece.

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Right now a teacher must score the map by hand, but Stevens is close to finishing a piece of pattern-recognition software that electronically scores those maps.

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De Ridder then played a part in Wigan's first goal, reacting quickest to stab McManaman's right-wing cross goalwards where Diame was on hand to provide the finishing touch.

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The 3, 933-room Bellagio, famous for its in-house art collection that ranges from colourful Chihuly hand-blown glass sculptures to the current Claude Monet exhibition, is putting the finishing touches on its full remodel of all rooms and suites.

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Semi-employed between finishing his studies and moving to England, he turned his hand to writing a history of the world for children.

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