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If only because it deals so heavily with zombie feces.
Annoying people only works as a strategy if it's the only way to bring light to a legitimate, concrete grievance.
Not only does warm water soothe us, it can combat loneliness.
Only monarchs born in late summer or early fall make the migration, and they make only one round trip.
Look at images from the only celestial body on which humans have landed.
Plant in full sun, and water deeply only occasionally once established.
The site was only up for a week, but during that time it created more than its share of trouble and controversy.
He keeps a ninja baton and a can of pepper spray by his bed, and only seven people have his new cell-phone number.
The only thing worse than a huge stinking pit of manure may be a huge stinking and foaming pit of manure that blows up the barn.
There are only a handful of such integrated systems in the world.
Its shell can end up several feet down, with only its neck poking up into the water.
Why only some hairlessness then and why have no other savannah dwellers done it.
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To a large extent, every one is a magician in his own right, it is only a matter of degree.
Only twice has a president's party gained seats in his first midterm election.
For one thing, extroverts are overrepresented in politics, a profession in which only the garrulous are really comfortable.
But humans aren't the only animals to use forced perspective.
It is categorised by sudden and dramatic price variations, particularly moving suddenly upwards but decaying only slowly.
The sadness isn't only reserved for the players on the field, either.
And the cops don't have to be the only ones with eyes in the sky.
Sale is only one part of construction and you know it.
Regional and metro edition circulations are not guaranteed and are to be used only as a basis for determining rates.
The only solution to this to take a slow but steady u-turn.
These multi-nationally owned, limited liability companies care only for getting the gas out of the ground quickly and cheaply.
Cones detect colors, but only when there's lots of light.
Not only are the fancy trappings required of a three-star restaurant too expensive now but probably irrelevant as well.
Climatologists are only beginning to model the role that water vapor plays in atmospheric circulation.
Now, the only way out of that is to have some energy-dependent effect, but all the ones that make sense don't wash here.
Such length, one scientist said, could only have been achieved in a pen.
The implication is that the brain only has to send a single move command to the arm, and the arm will do the rest.
Inherited forms of anemia may soon be treated by turning on a gene normally active only in the womb.
For one thing, the level of political discourse will only get nastier.
But it may be asked whether they are to be allowed not only to read the newspapers but also to marry and breed.
And because popcorn is one of the only products bought by weight and sold by volume, bigger flakes translate into bigger profits.
Not only would the move secure the plant's viability, but it would also help clean up the environmental reputation of coal power.
Second, consciousness is always subjective in the sense that it only exists as experienced by human or animal subjects.
It's found only in the pantry of the food scientist, and that's not who you want cooking your meals.
Touch one anywhere else and it only jumps one space.
Only one problem: the copter isn't that hot at what's supposed to be its primary task: surveillance.
Bulbs are dormant only for a short time after leaves wither.
And now that digital technology has been thrown into the mix, that's only going to ratchet up.
Temples, as such, were not only religious but also commercial centers.
Even the pharmaceutical industry's best products are imperfect, working in only half-or fewer-patients.
The polar bear is the only bear that eats nothing but meat.
The antibody colored yellow can bind only to a receptor on the surface of a cancer cell.
Primates can now move and sense the textures of objects using only their thoughts.
Eat only the petals, and taste each flower before using, as they can sometimes be bitter.
Farms aren't the only place where these animals may be found.
She applies makeup only on the right side of her face.
All the soldiers were exactly alike with one exception, and he differed from the rest in having only one leg.
However, you should only submit your resume once for each job opportunity.
They not only provided a magnificent last course, but they served also as the decorations.
Only the bones and artifacts can tell what really happened.
They prized such things even though in the picture they themselves might only have a head the size of a pea.
Not only that, but the stores also destroy the clothes first, cutting huge holes in garments and shoes so they can't be reused.
However, only you can decide how important summer certainty at this place is for you.
Astronomers see only their combined effect when many occur at about the same time.
Until now, though, that reconciliation has been backed only by hazy data.
The only other individual nearby was a dozen spaced tables away, by himself, standing upright.
But that isn't the only reason to keep track of methane release.
The advantage, though, is that the drug is delivered only at the spot where it is required at the instant it is needed.
Support for this hypothesis comes not only from cross-national studies, but from studies of individuals.
The exact causality can only be speculated at this point but the correlations are robust.
Does well with only occasional deep irrigation in summer.
Animals aren't the only living things facing extinction.
Of course the only reason he was elected for governor here is because he was not the worse candidate.
It's the biggest thing you can aim for, and only a few presidents have achieved it.
After all, their magnetic sense only provides them with information that lies on top of the images they normally see.
Atmospheric physics is so complex that climate scientists have only a rudimentary understanding of how it works.
We all offer our bodies and only a few are chosen, but it shouldnt reflect any special credit on those that are chosen.
Imagine a weapon that creates sound that only you can hear.
He's alone, so high off the ground that perhaps only the eagles take notice.
They only used a small part of it for the commercial, but it was a proper song.
Will only let portions of it melt, and then they will be replaced.
There are some secrets of the pharaohs, however, that can be revealed only by studying their mummies.
Chefs and restaurateurs only qualified if they also established a clear-and, yes, lucrative-brand.
One way is to put quantum dots in cavities so that light can only escape in one direction.
Social and spiritual deprivation bears down on these modest persons who have asked only the lightest measure of possibility.
The sampling covers only a minuscule part of the prostate, making it easy to miss regions where cancerous cells may lurk.
Most sports controversies live for only a season or two.
Others talk of leaving their car with the battery fully charged, only to return an hour or two later to find it flat.
It's the only member of its group, the only member of its family, and the only member of its genus.
We're looking for some of the only giraffes in the world that roam entirely in unprotected habitat.
Although this only increased the hostility in the philosophical community, the day was saved for the pure-text edition.
Only then can anyone consider that it has reached the outer boundary of our solar system.
The company only recently got a manufacturing license.
Your best and often only dining option will be at your lodging.
Wind waves, on the other hand move only water particles near the surface.
Crowds tend to be wise only if individual members act responsibly and make their own decisions.
Sometimes the procession wends its way through the town, sometimes it covers only a short distance.
Only breakfast: coffee and a few breads and pastries.
The temptation to skip is almost irresistible, when wisdom can be purchased only at the expense of eyesight.
Well, only an eighth of the fuel energy reaches the wheels.
But this would only possible if terrestrial bugs can survive the intense vacuum and radiation in interplanetary space.
Nine new species that dine only on dead whales have been discovered, a new study says.
They began not only to lose their homes but also their burial grounds and places of worship.
And the board says that only vets may float horses' teeth.
In the case of only one independent variable with two levels, these are equivalent.
It would only be so if you could produce or suggest something that it pretends to be and is not.
Such are the brute facts of biology, which can only evolve because some living things are better at reproducing than others.
And the only thing football and hockey have in common is concussions.
Not only had the parasites glutted his bloodstream, but he also was taking friendly fire from his own immune system.
They are the sad reminders of careers that burned brightly only to sputter into oblivion.
Not only is this chili easy to make ahead, it actually improves with time.
The object at hand is one of only a few known to exist.
Only a handful of wild animal species have been successfully bred to get along with humans.
It was white and open and blue and beautiful, and the only question was where to land.
It's not only scientists who are at work: volunteers-locals and even tourists-can sign on to help for a day or a decade.
And if you get one of these limited-edition bags, you'll not only be traveling in style but also supporting a good cause.
In contrast, implicit memory might only come into play when external stimuli trigger concepts.
There was only one way scientists could unlock the mystery of the famous iceman.
These beautiful speakers can focus their beam of sound so tight that only you can hear it.
Females reproduce only every two and a half to five years.
Here there are no earthquakes, no fires and only the occasional hurricane.
The truth is that both are getting bitten, but only one has a reaction to the bites.
In fact, it's advice that only perpetuates the problem we're trying to solve.
The naan was only eight inches away from getting into the oven.
However, the panoramic photos these services offer provide only a limited perspective.
Often a vintage is deemed magnificent at first, only later to be declared not as good as originally thought.
Doctors have a narrow window of only four to six hours to get the heart into the waiting recipient before it is no longer viable.
The only upright laceleaf, this has a distinctly feathery green look.
That's the only number meeting the criteria having only two prime factors.
Only he has discovered another, more elemental way to explore it.
But making money is the only occupation that was open to the people who went there.
String theory does that, but only in a universe that has more than three dimensions of space.
During a second appeal, only one extension may be granted.
Not only has he wasted his inheritance and his talents, but his emotional life has been remarkably arid too.
Only that kind of experiment, he says, can suggest anything definitive about causation.
Only those who have experienced this condition understand the pain.
Inevitably, scientists will crack the neural code of subjectivity-it's only a matter of technology and time.
Those countless thousands of us who were luckier can feel only sympathy for the uninitiated.
Robot dogs, for example, need only a change of batteries.
Only the organization can provide the basic continuity that knowledge workers need in order to be effective.
The one that counts brought not only light to the universe, it created the seeds of life.
The green-colored antibody can bind only to an extracellular protein that promotes tumor growth.
But the formula for deep ocean blue is rare, occurring in only one out of every several hundred thousand diamonds.
But that only makes it all the more shocking that politicians have done so little.
Research on autism is only starting to confront that problem.
Don't submit anything for the rest of graduate school or only immediately before hitting the market.
Blinding would only be possible if the investigator didn't know left from right.
But only a handful of experts remain to look for and identify them.
Summer's not the only time to pickle and preserve in-season ingredients.
If physicists had any clue, they would know that not only is c the fastest speed in the universe, it is also the slowest speed.
It was a summer in which only have-nots wanted a cigarette or a vodka-and-tonic or a charcoal-broiled steak.

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