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Up and down the saw-tooth coastline of Japan's northeast, where more than 20,000 people died March 11, marine demolition crews are breaking up the remains of sea walls big and small built to withstand the tsunamis that have landed here for centuries.
Japanese towns reconsider sea walls after deadly tsunami 2011
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Up and down the saw-tooth coastline of Japan's northeast, where more than 20,000 people died March 11, marine demolition crews are breaking up the remains of sea walls big and small built to withstand the tsunamis that have landed here for centuries.
Japanese towns reconsider sea walls after deadly tsunami 2011
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The lake below morphs into a swath of deep blue on a giant mural, the forest an uneven saw-tooth of azure on the horizon.
James M. Clash: Hot-Air Ballooning at the Reno Air Races with Brian Jones James M. Clash 2010
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There are large windows within the saw-tooth roof which flood the gallery with northern light, and lots of that vibrant "Renzo Red" motif on the exterior.
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The lake below morphs into a swath of deep blue on a giant mural, the forest an uneven saw-tooth of azure on the horizon.
James M. Clash: Hot-Air Ballooning at the Reno Air Races with Brian Jones James M. Clash 2010
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There are large windows within the saw-tooth roof which flood the gallery with northern light, and lots of that vibrant "Renzo Red" motif on the exterior.
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The new structure is a free-standing single-story building with a sprawling open floor plan, concrete floor, and that saw-tooth roof with vertical glazing, the largest (45,000 sq. ft.) single-purpose naturally lit open-plan museum in the world.
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Not even the ugly, saw-tooth smile of a moray eel.
Brenda Peterson: Gulf Oil Spill Meets Dead Zone: What Lies Beneath 2010
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But a chart showing quarterly GDP growth presents a saw-tooth pattern.
The Recovery Is Real 2010
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The new structure is a free-standing single-story building with a sprawling open floor plan, concrete floor, and that saw-tooth roof with vertical glazing, the largest (45,000 sq. ft.) single-purpose naturally lit open-plan museum in the world.
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