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little and powder
Under extreme pressures, PTFE powder or solids is of little value as it is soft and flows away from the area of contact.
In powder coatings there is little or no solvent, and flow and cure are produced by heating of the substrate after electrostatic application of the dry powder.
Their greater range was also considered to be of little practical use, since the smoke from black powder quickly obscured the battlefield and made it almost impossible to target the enemy from a distance.
In France, the chocolate powder Banania still uses a little black boy with large red lips as its emblem.
The longer range and better accuracy of the rifle was also considered to be of little value on a battlefield that was quickly obscured by black powder smoke.
The resulting metal powder will immediately disperse after knocking out the door lock, and cause little or no damage to occupants of the room.
His mother encouraged his artistic talent when he was six years old by entering him in a screen test for a Persil washing powder TV advert ; he won and starred as the little boy with the off-white shirt, but had no spoken lines.
Granville Leveson-Gower, in Paris during the winter of 1796, noted " The word citoyen seemed but very little in use, and hair powder being very common, the appearance of the people was less democratic than in England.
With a little turmeric powder mixed in, it is also used as a folk remedy for gastroenteritis.
Dalaya's innovation of making skim milk powder from buffalo milk for the first time anywhere in the world and a little later, along with Kurien's help, making it on a commercial scale, led to the first modern dairy of the cooperative at Anand, which would successfully compete against established players in the market.
A common alternative recipe does not involve casings: ground pork and beef are cured overnight with a little vinegar and a lot of chili powder.
His nitrocellulose-based Poudre B ( Powder B ) was three times more powerful than black powder for the same weight and left very little combustion residues after firing.
Being the sole source of ignition for the powder, if the match was not lit when the gun needed to be fired, the mechanism was useless, and the weapon became little more than an expensive club.
Decreased ignition energy with age had not been recognized as a problem with black powder loadings because black powder could be ignited by as little energy as a static electricity discharge.
The chicory sort of holds on to the hot water a little longer, letting the water extract more flavour from the coffee powder.
Despite its name, smokeless powder is not completely smoke-free ; while there may be little noticeable smoke from small-arms ammunition, smoke from artillery fire can be substantial.
The Comprachicos deadened the little patient by means of a stupefying powder which was thought to be magical and which suppressed all pain.
Modern smokeless powders are far more efficient than the original black powder used in shotgun shells, so very little space is actually taken by powder ; shotguns use small quantities of powerful double base powders, equivalent to quick-burning pistol powders, with up to 50 % nitroglycerin.
The problem became so bad by 1753 that Scarrooyady, an Iroquois Chief, had to petition the Governor of Pennsylvania to intervene in trade: " Your Traders now bring scarce anything but Rum and Flour ; they bring little powder and lead, or other valuable goods.
In most formulations the active ingredient is iron powder and a little bit of water ; other ingredients may be added to make the oxygen absorbers work more efficiently.

little and drink
As cheerfully as possible, he said, `` Well, I guess we could all do with a little drink ''.
`` I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting '', she said, `` but won't you make yourself a little drink while you wait??
Every pitch in the game brought forth a howl from the enraptured audience and every fly ball the visitors dropped ( and because their right fielder was still a little fuzzy from drink, they dropped many ) called forth yelps of derision.
A non-alcoholic drink is one that contains little or no alcohol.
It contains very little alcohol, so even children can drink it.
The person on quest would carry no weapons, eat no food, and drink very little water.
For those who have healthy kidneys, it is somewhat difficult to drink too much water, but ( especially in warm humid weather and while exercising ) it is dangerous to drink too little.
It is also apparent that Timothy had some type of stomach malady, owing to Paul's advice in 1 Timothy 5: 23, counseling Timothy to " No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
For those who have healthy kidneys, it is rather difficult to drink too much water, but ( especially in warm humid weather and while exercising ) it is dangerous to drink too little.
He had a weakness towards drink, with his wife commenting that " the least little bit " would go " straight to his brain.
In Latin America, a fruit drink is made from the cashew apple pulp which has a very refreshing taste and tropical flavor that can be described as having notes of mango, raw green pepper, and just a little hint of grapefruit-like citrus.
Whatever the truth of its claim, the pub is certainly diminutive, there being very little room for more than ten or fifteen customers to drink at any one time.
Nathaniel has little to eat or drink, begins consuming salt water and suffers extreme sunburn after confusing cooking oil as lotion.
Escobar continued in his job as a liquor salesperson, during which it was common for liquor salesmen to drink a little bit of the product which they sold in front of potential customers.
I'd drink a little coffee.
The charges related to the popular blackcurrant fruit drink Ribena, which the company had led consumers to believe contained high levels of vitamin C. As part of a school science project, Anna Devathasan and Jenny Suo, 14-year-old schoolgirls from Pakuranga College in Auckland, discovered that ready-to-drink juice sold in 100ml containers contained very little vitamin C. Approaches by the two teens to the company did not resolve the issue, and after the matter was publicised on national consumer affairs television show Fair Go it came to the attention of the Commerce Commission.
" Alcoholic consumption was later codified by the early authorities, and while some advocated total intoxication, others, consistent with the opinion of many early and later rabbis, taught that one should only drink a little more than usual and then fall asleep, whereupon one will certainly not be able to tell the difference between arur Haman and baruch Mordecai.
Sailing enthusiasts attend in order to compete, as well as mostly young people who have little or no interest in sailing ; they attend only in order to party and drink.
When Joseph Priestley was at college at Daventry Academy 1752 – 1755, he records that, during the morning of Wednesday 22 May 1754, he “ went with a large company to drink whey .” This was probably ‘ sack whey ’ or ‘ wine whey .’ A contemporary recipe for ‘ wine whey ’ instructs: “ Put a pint of skimmed milk, and half a pint of white wine into a basin, let it stand a few minutes, then pour over it a pint of boiling water, let it stand a little, and the curd will gather in a lump, and settle to the bottom, then pour your whey into a China bowl, and put in a lump of sugar, a sprig of balm, or a slice of lemon .”
This is regarded by some as a pleasant and refreshing way to relieve a little of the sweetness of lemonade ; the same drink with added lime cordial is called " lemon, lime and bitters " in Australia, and is available both as a mixed drink in bars and as a ready-made bottled soft drink.

little and on
Conchita kept an eye on the twins and little Elena, trying to keep them from falling into the creek by which they persisted in playing.
I found a trooper once the Apache had spread-eagled on an ant hill, and another time we ran across some teamsters they'd caught, tied upside down on their own wagon wheels over little fires until their brains was exploded right out o' their skulls.
Curt's fingers put a little more pressure on the trigger of his gun.
Mrs. Roebuck smilingly declined and began suddenly to go on about her son, who was `` onleh a little younguh than you bawhs ''.
I got a coin between my thumb and forefinger, leaned my elbows in a very natural and casual manner on top of the truck cab and flipped my little missile.
In fact, I was watching you on that little seventeen-inch screen when you rang my bell.
Joyce went on, `` When we'd finished, Lou -- Mr. Thor -- asked me to stay a little longer.
Joyce squirmed a little on the divan.
At the pool's far end was the little cabana Joyce had mentioned, and on the water's surface floated scattered lavender patches of limp-looking lather.
The man seemed to sink a little as Ramey brought the tire iron down on his shoulder and it seemed that the blonde head was turning as he hit the man again, with his fist.
`` Oh, come on Miss Langford, play with us just onct '', one of the little girls begged, smiling wistfully.
She munched little ginger cakes called mulatto's belly and kept her green, somewhat hypnotic eyes fixed on a light-colored male who was prancing wildly with a 5-foot king snake wrapped around his bronze neck.
But Dandy had had little experience with girls on his master's plantation in Bayou St. John.
Had the situation been reversed, had, for instance, England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New England, there is little doubt that large numbers of Southerners would have happily put on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain.
even when the fences became a part of the game -- when a vine-embowered gate-post was the Sleeping Beauty's enchanted castle, or when Rapunzel let down her golden hair from beneath the crocketed spire, even then we paid little heed to those who went by on the path outside.
There are ghostly scenes in which the little boy on his rocking horse rocks madly toward the climax that will magically give him the name of the winning horse.
But on one occasion when I encountered a similar fantasy in a little boy who was my patient I began to understand the uncanny effects of this story.
Mr. Nehru is subjected to stern lectures on neutralism by our Department of State, and an American President observes sourly that Sweden would be a little less neurotic if it were a little more capitalistic ''.
Even the first wave of homesickness had passed, although there were moments when Captain Heard pointed out on his compass the direction of Bradford that she felt a little twinge at her heart.
I have been so weary of the excessive rocking of the vessel, and the almost intolerable smell after the rain, that I have done little more than lounge on the bed for several days.
With her son evidencing so strong a musical bent his mother could do little else but get him started on the study of music -- though she waited until he was ten -- beginning with the piano and following that with the trumpet.
When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.
Every day, when the President took his nap, Rob Roy would stretch out on the window seat near him, like a perfect gentleman, and stare thoughtfully out the window, or he would take a little nap himself.

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