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Examples
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A story about one man's collection of 36 working, scale-model engines
Boing Boing 2009
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His 2009 film debut, "Moon," about the unraveling of an isolated lunar worker, was made for just $5 million using scale-model miniatures.
A Sci-Fi Shooting Star John Jurgensen 2011
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But back then, as a receptionist-turned-car salesman (mine were the scale-model variety, sold via mail order catalog), I could not figure out how to further my career.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The royal collection of scale-model cities grew under Louis XV, Louis XVI and both Napoleons, until modern warfare, post-1870, made them obsolete.
France's Visionary Scale-Model Cities Judy Fayard 2012
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But back then, as a receptionist-turned-car salesman (mine were the scale-model variety, sold via mail order catalog), I could not figure out how to further my career.
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"Death Kappa" gets its world premiere, as director Tomo'o Haraguchi reinvents the Godzilla mythos as a lo-fi valentine to scale-model destruction.
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"Dejah's always bugging me about shaving," he said, glancing at the buxom, turquoise-haired figure in vampy attire, seated on a scale-model bench on the coffee table.
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American military planners and policymakers already proceed as if, with sufficient training, Afghans can be transformed into scale-model, wind-up American Marines.
Ann Jones: Meet the Afghan Army: Is It a Figment of Washington's Imagination? 2009
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American military planners and policymakers already proceed as if, with sufficient training, Afghans can be transformed into scale-model, wind-up American Marines.
The Afghan Army — Is It a Figment of Washington's Imagination? Edstock 2009
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But back then, as a receptionist-turned-car salesman mine were the scale-model variety, sold via mail order catalog, I could not figure out how to further my career.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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