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  • As a fallback, how about some festive decorations - like high-tensile wire in unexpected places …

    Cheeseburger Gothic » A Christmas card from the Playboy Mansion. 2009

  • Today, Corning is the peerless global leader in the special high-tensile glass that is the face of every smart phone and touchscreen computer.

    Rochester Wasn't Eastman Kodak's Fatal Problem 2012

  • A light, high-tensile steel frame provides a strong foundation for the double-wishbone front and single-shock rear long-travel suspension systems.

    Quad 2009 ATV Buyers Guide 2009

  • He gives Bass Mantra a steel wool brush up, creating a high-tensile, claustrophobic track of inexorable build via oxyacetylene sputter and metallic rattle.

    This week's new singles 2011

  • (Soundbite of machine shop) TIM RUDELL: Computer-guided milling at a precision machine shop in Sharon, Pennsylvania, cuts high-tensile titanium bushings to within hundredths of an inch.

    An Oldie Is New Again: High-Tech Soap Box Racing 2010

  • It was a hardscrabble hillside farm, a few cattle lipping silage behind a single strand of high-tensile wire.

    The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

  • Their successes were rewarded with the arrival of six brand-new Mark I Hawker Hurricanes, a single-engined, highly maneuverable fighter, whose fuselage, though still covered with doped linen, was constructed from modern high-tensile steel rather than the wood of the Gladiators.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • Astute readers may recall that back in March I mentioned an operation called Republic Bike, which allows you to order a cheap singlespeed (or fixed-gear, depending on whether the flip-flop hub is flipped or flopped) complete with customizable "colo(u)rway" and high-tensile steel frame.

    The Morning After: Surveying the Damage BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Features 1020 high-tensile steel frame, stamped dropouts, and bicentennial themed paint scheme.

    No Money Mo Problems: Involuntary Collabos BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Construction is likely to be in aluminium or high-tensile steel; Craig Loomes design has already identified shipyards that can construct such an unusual design.

    Extreme Superyacht | Impact Lab 2006

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