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Mr. Pierce also uses the Jacobs Ladder, a machine that looks like a ladder tilted at a 40-degree angle.
A Celtic to Fans: To Get in Shape, Know the Drills Jen Murphy 2011
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But Miles noted that the certificate failed to mention that the old man had been stripped naked, continually soaked in cold water, and kept outside in 40-degree cold for three days before cardiac arrest.
Dear President Bush, 2009
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Behind plastic curtain-strip doors, workers in hairnets, smocks and surgical masks move with assembly-line efficiency in the 40-degree Fahrenheit room warm temperature affects the caviar's taste separating eggs from ovary, then washing, salting and tinning the caviar.
The Great California Caviar Rush Stinson Carter 2011
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But Miles noted that the certificate failed to mention that the old man had been stripped naked, continually soaked in cold water, and kept outside in 40-degree cold for three days before cardiac arrest.
Dear President Bush, 2009
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Earlier in the day, firefighters had sprayed the crowds with water from hoses in a bid to stave off the near 40-degree Celsius heat.
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Opening Day game, he saw the clusters of fans huddled by the players entrance in the rainy, 40-degree chill, waiting to wave him in.
Martin's First Real Day in Pinstripes Daniel Barbarisi 2011
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According to Capital Weather Gang's gardening meteorologist David Streit, soil temps have officially hit the 40-degree mark -- not exactly flip flop weather, but apparently the prime time to plant some seeds and watch them bloom.
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You climb to 35,000 feet, the cruising altitude of a jetliner, then go into a controlled 40-degree dive for about 30 seconds.
James M. Clash: Weightless Training Over Moscow James M. Clash 2011
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And here is an actual lilac bloom -- shivering its little petals off in this 40-degree weather, but blooming its heart out!
Bloomerang is still blooming « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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Earlier in the day, firefighters had sprayed the crowds with water from hoses in a bid to stave off the near 40-degree Celsius heat.
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