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One recent study suggests that many particles enter the water when you repeatedly open or close the cap, and tiny bits abrade.

John "Sparky" Abrade, a 77-year-old retiree who lives in the community, said he nevertheless felt relieved when he saw the damage to his home, even though the windows were blown out and household items scattered about.

During one brawl, the editor Dan Lebental cuts again and again to Edgin stuck on the sidelines struggling to abrade his rope cuffs.

With no mangled sheet metal to puncture or abrade tires, there ought to be fewer blowouts.

Mild yet ungentle, “Morning’s at Seven” — which borrows its title, ironically, from a cheery Robert Browning lyric — lets its characters politely abrade each other for the first two acts before tying up the story in a tidy comedic bow.