conventional
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Lenders don’t offer conventional loans for manufactured homes because structures that aren’t affixed to land are considered personal property, not real estate.
From MarketWatch
Tokyo is also worried about North Korea, which claims to have test-fired long-range strategic cruise missiles that could carry conventional and nuclear weapons.
He says the move could even open up future processing options, including adding a conventional flotation circuit if later exploration supports it.
Gray said the power demand would be even larger if the buildings were cooled by conventional air-conditioning units.
Piller juxtaposes opals, garnets and pearls with less conventional materials such as tile fragments, snakeskin, bits of lava from a trip to Iceland, and bullet casings, all bound together with strips of leather or vinyl.
From Los Angeles Times
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