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  • The earth is shown on a fixed disc at the dial's center.

    Princes of the Tides Michael Clerizo 2011

  • Opening it up reveals a retro-futuristic set of controls that involves turning old-school dials and watching LED lights roam over bandwidth dials to tune in a station the lights are a new-millennium replacement for the original radio dial's printed numbers.

    Portable Audio, Italian Style 2011

  • At the dial's centre, the balloon rises slowly above Zanzibar.

    What Does Your Watch Say About You? Ken Kessler 2011

  • My favorite thing about it is the about:tab extension though - it's mozilla's take on speed dial and I like it much better than either speed dial's or google's approach.

    Firefox 3.5 Officially Available For Download | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • We pondered the dial's purpose while continuing to turn it this way and that.

    idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2004

  • There's a cover-up going on, and dial's lying by default.

    Northlight Hall, Adam, 1920- 1985

  • 'But dial's hardly surprising, given Justine's point of view and the way he and I first met.

    The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • 'All my life no one has said one word to me dial's meant anything.'

    The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • Well, buddy, dial's what I thought about when I stood there in the middle of her bedroom and looked at her cool body.

    The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980

  • In an abstracted, deliberate way, his eyes pondering the safe, the blue-steel tools were replaced in the pockets of the leather girdle; and then the long, slim, tapering fingers closed upon the dial's knob and twirled it tentatively, and his head bent forward until his ear was pressed hard against the face of the safe.

    The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale 1909

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