yds.
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Dennis Dougherty, GM's man in charge of manufacturing, is watching the process apprehensively from 50 yds. away.
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Mills gives me a cue to flick the two joysticks that make my deer's head swivel and her tail twitch from 50 yds. away.
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The last was an odd choice, except for the fact that it was just 100 yds. from Arafat's office.
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To encourage him to explore, his trainers built a large slingshot, which sent fish out 50 yds. in all directions.
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It is moated, and is a fine specimen of 15th-century brickwork, the buildings covering an almost square quadrangle measuring about 70 yds. in the side.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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