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  • I liked this idea better when it was Crood Awakening, made by Aardman with John Cleese as the aplha male of the village, and Eric Idle as the nerdy caveman that suddenly becomes popular when he invents fire.

    Nicolas Cage & Ryan Reynolds Are CG Cavemen, The Croods « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • Tanta promessa... na verdade, em 2010 já deveríamos ter missões a aplha centauri.

    Leituras Artur 2006

  • To work around this, my solution splits the aplha channel from the original image.

    LXer Linux News The Netherlands 2010

  • In the presence of NP4P, some membrane-disrupting antimicrobial peptides (ASABF-alpha, polymyxin B, and nisin) killed microbes at lower concentration (e.g., 10 times lower minimum bactericidal concentration for ASABF-aplha against Staphylococcus aureus), whereas NP4P itself was not bactericidal and did not interfere with bacterial growth at [less than or equal to] 300 mug/mL.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Inc. The business author explains how ordinary small businesses become "leaders of the pack" or "aplha dogs" and the key to success is not what you do - but how you do it.

    unknown title 2009

  • Inc. The business author explains how ordinary small businesses become "leaders of the pack" or "aplha dogs" and the key to success is not what you do - but how you do it.

    unknown title 2009

  • They claim the footage is definitely pre-aplha stage and the silence couldn't be any greater.

    Xboxic 2009

  • There has to be a fairer more humane that being lead by greedy economic aplha dogs.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • If I were to guess I’d say that Gore exudes aplha male smells.

    Day Four – Al Gore « Climate Audit 2006

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