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What if the machine said it was giving him only ten dollars but actually took much more out of his account — some unimaginably large sum, like fifty or a hundred dollars?

What if the machine said it was giving him only ten dollars but actually took much more out of his account some unimaginably large sum, like fifty or a hundred dollars?

Consider how they choreographed an intricate balance of European powers after the years of Napoleonic turmoil while twirling in diplomatic gavottes that were not just metaphors but actually took place on dance floors.

Whereas the Clinton ad wove together and created an emotionally powerful network, the subthemes in the Kerry ad drew on existing associative links (the words military, service and fighting) but actually took them in diverging directions, essentially dismantling a network whose activation was the central goal of the ad.

The bus journey to Pune we were told would take two hours but actually took five, with the crazy driving of the man behind the wheel drawing screams from the girls at various points during the journey.

The transfer of responsibility for telecommunications from the Administrative Services Division AFSS) was planned to occur effective 1 January 1998 but actually took place in July 1999.

But actually taking advantage of that market can be frustrating.

But actually taking retaliatory military action would raise serious problems and extremely serious dangers.

It sounds very simple, but actually takes more effort than you'd think.

This idea that technology doesn't take you forwards into the future, but actually takes you back towards your past.

For no longer are we just spectators in the wild but actually take part in the cycle of life.