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Then about a month later, this fully able bodied clown had to be pulled out of the Gulf trying to complete his RTW by sailing in non-ideal conditions.
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Somehow that doesn't quite seem the same, either -- British weather is ... non-ideal.
Maybe I just need to buy my own hookah... Nicole 2009
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This site says that a combination of chromatic aberration placing the focus off the retina and non-ideal location of the blue cones causes anything on the blue end of the spectrum to be less distinct.
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But realistically, how much time do they spend being unhappy with the non-ideal environment?
Search for Quality da_lj 2008
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Yes, the formatting on the Kindle app is usually non-ideal and can be awful.
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How wide is the focus when working in automatic mode under non-ideal conditions?
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Heverly: I think that many times when I try to use your methods things go wrong because somebody — sometimes me — acts in non-ideal ways.
Jaime Escalante, Alfie Kohn, John Taylor Gatto, Frank Smith (part 2) 2010
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Indeed, the whole permutation thing comes in what amounts to the non-ideal case.
Evidence that the Second Law of Thermodynamics is wrong? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Given China's rising influence in the region, which according to some analysts has surged forward since the massacres, Washington finds itself obligated to show public support for a non-ideal and illegitimate leadership of a historic and important ally.
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It is only in the non-ideal case that we care about permutations.
Evidence that the Second Law of Thermodynamics is wrong? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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