Sentences with phrase «than bone rods»

He replied, «For dogs, meat bones are better than bone rods; for men, big beautiful women are more popular than skinny women».

Not exact matches

Furthermore, when a measurement did not match a precise number of «land rods» — their standard unit of linear measurement, which corresponded to about 2.5 meters — the Aztecs added symbols, such as an arrow, a heart, a hand, or a bone, to indicate remaining length that was less than one rod.
Four and eight weeks following the operation, the authors observed much more new bone on the surface of the composite CaP / gel / Ti rods than in the other two groups.
Granik, who made her debut in 2004 with the addiction saga Down to the Bone (the titles of her first two features give the amusing impression that she has taken the term «body of work» very literally), skillfully sustains the atmosphere, climaxing with a viscerally eerie light - of - the - moon boat scene that more resembles the work of the French festival - circuit lightning rod Philippe Grandrieux than a thuddingly well - intentioned American life - on - the - margins narrative like Frozen River.
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