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It was observed that allowing the taut wires after cutting the block of clay into tiles to be removed through the cuts (for example, to and fro movement of the wires) distorts the surface of the tiles causing them to be rough and untidy.

Harris' Shooting the Moon could have used some of Killing Pablo's taut narrative structure.

Then, they pull down on the moving rope and slide up the taut line hitch.

As she stretched her 5ft 10in frame into a series of provocative poses, the models slender thighs looked in perfect shape along with her taut stomach.

But AG Barr will have to spend heavily to turn things around as Taut lost pounds 1.3m in 2006.

Her induction into the TAUT 100 scheme - an initiative with the charity SportsAid that aims to support rising sports stars - means Pippa has been awarded a pounds 1,500 grant, plus a profile on Sky Sports News this month to help her on her way.

Scott Carey had been a handsome, comfortable American six-footer with a loving wife and a doting baby daughter when accidental radiation exposure created a freak irreversible metabolic reaction that causes him to shrink a seventh of an inch every day until he disappears altogether This taut, intense novel opens when he is only an inch tall and recounts in excruciating detail his relentless struggle for survival in an alienating, menacing and increasingly meaningless world.

The vividly coloured textiles filter and regulate the sun's glare, so that from inside, the taut panels shimmer and pulsate with coloured light like stained-glass windows.

At the end, instead of the bravado with which Mata Haft supposedly faced the firing squad, Yatkin delivers a taut solo to Bach.

Performed by professional theatre actors, Sixteen Wounded is taut, thought-provoking, and highly recommended.

Tape or tie the other end to another desk leg so that the yarn is taut. This is your "tightrope."