To wit, at 590g (1.3 pounds) the tablet isn't even that thick or heavy, considering the gigantic battery squeezed inside.

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His face, the little that wasn't covered by his thick beard, seemed unaffected by his years of hardship and overexposure to the desert wind and sun.

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Even though I had been assured that the tags wouldn't hurt the walruses because of their tough skin and thick layer of blubber, I was still relieved to see that the animal barely seemed to notice the tag as it landed on its hide.

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The flames were chewing thick, dry brush that hasn't been burned in about a dozen years.

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Plus, with 30 hours of battery during audio playback and 5 hours for video, the 0.4-inch thick player doesn't do bad for itself at all in that department.

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"There is no way to describe seeing your son behind a window so thick that it has barbed wire in it and you can't give him a hug, " Morgan, a stay-at-home mom with a strong Southern accent, said in a phone interview.

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And God knows the so-called experts in the field didn't have a clue--just ask reporters at those Sears catalog-thick new economy magazines that now could be printed on an envelope.

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She wore a black pillbox hat with a thick veil that fell over her eyes, making it difficult for someone who didn't know her to divine her age.

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Then it unveiled so-called Sleekbooks, which basically hold the same promise as Ultrabooks, except that for whatever reason (AMD processors, a too-thick chassis) they don't meet Intel's official Ultrabook requirements.

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Of course, we don't expect you to do that, which is why this week's show finds us sitting down with a thick stack of nominations and discussing the musicians who most excite us.

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