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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Pope Benedict Holds Huge Mass in Spain 2011

  • 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

  • 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.

    Spring planting tips from a gardening meteorologist 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Pope Benedict Holds Huge Mass in Spain 2011

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