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The 39-year-old retains some upper-arm movement but not fine motor control.
Wiring The Brain to Aid People With Paralysis Shirley S. Wang 2010
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In truth it is more of an upper-arm band/choker, but this was Ty "The Shaggable Shaygitz" Pennington's present to Erica.
A Token of Affection from Ty Pennington « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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He looks truly rock god now: all leather and upper-arm definition and bouffant hair; though, of course, it's his teeth that steal the show.
Jon Bon Jovi: 'I'm overweight. Drinking too much. Bored to tears' Polly Vernon 2010
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You might call her "gangling" -- stretched out, a bit taller and svelter and better muscled than you would think, especially in the crucial upper-arm area.
Gwyneth Paltrow In 'Vogue': Owns 2 Outdoor Pizza Ovens, Deep-Fat Fryer (PHOTOS) 2010
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According to Urban Dictionary bingo wings are the loose, flabby upper-arm flesh of women in cap-sleeved rayon blouses who attend bingo halls.
Archive 2008-07-01 The Nag 2008
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Wife-beater + upper-arm hair + bald pate + flip-flops + bad mustache = still sexier than Bob Dylan.
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Engage your upper-arm muscles, keep your wrist firm, and propel your hand like the meteor of awesome it is.
How to: High Five, Treat Beach Wounds, Use Your Computer Remotely 2008
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Quinn Norton's written a stupendous piece for Wired News on a new open-source prosthetics movement started by a Iraq-war veteran upper-arm amputee named Jonathan Kuniholm, who has vowed to produce a prosthesis "that's so cool, somebody with two arms would want an amputation to get one."
Boing Boing: September 17, 2006 - September 23, 2006 Archives 2006
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Researchers found that the diameter of the average upper-arm blood vessel expanded by 26% when subjects listened to music they had previously selected for making them feel joyful.
Sound Research 2008
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Engage your upper-arm muscles, keep your wrist firm, and propel your hand like the meteor of awesome it is.
How to: High Five, Treat Beach Wounds, Use Your Computer Remotely 2008
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