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  • The beginning of the year, the "new year," came with the promise of light's return at Yule, several weeks later.

    Kelley Harrell: Samhain -- Nature's Holy Day for Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder Kelley Harrell 2011

  • I think 85%-90% of the people won't even notice that the light's different.

    The Barnes in a New Light Julia M. Klein 2010

  • Inside, when the light's immature like this, it's like someone shook up paint cans and poured them through the sunroof.

    Strings Go Michael Seidel 2011

  • In the book, of course, Charlie is on hand to reassure her and Lola ends up having a high old time, afterwards pinning her initial reluctance on her invisible friend, the can-carrying Soren Lorenson (rendered in the books in clear, raised plastic, so children can catch a glimpse of him when the light's right).

    A life in books: Lauren Child Sarah Crown 2010

  • COCHRAN: The light's a little warmer, people like that.

    CBS's Early Show Touts Government Banning Incandescent Light Bulbs Kyle Drennen 2011

  • I know, the light's wrong in this photo, but I was at Powell from 2-6 in the afternoon, not exactly prime picture-taking time.

    Powell Gardens, part 1 « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

  • Besides lumens, this may include factors like lumens per watt (bulb efficiency); watts (energy used to make the light); correlated color temperature, which indicates cool or warm color (about 2700 Kelvin replicates what we're familiar with in a traditional incandescent); and a color-rendering index (the measurement of a light's appearance on objects).

    Picking the Brightest, Most Efficient Bulb Katherine Boehret 2012

  • Legal light's almost over and you're ready to make the draw.

    Farting in your treestand 2009

  • The first measurement of light's speed depended on Galileo's discovery of the moons of Jupiter, moons that strongly supported the Copernican sun-centered universe.

    Our Constant Companions Brian Clegg 2011

  • Night light's low neutral green initially, then blue 8

    Cryptic crossword No 25,223 2011

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