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The finished -- and drastically cut -- product would begin with a hazy longshot of Joyce entering the suds, then bursting above the pool's surface clad in layers of lavender lather, and I had a hunch this item was going to sell tons and tons of soap ; ;
Her stern was down and a sharp list helped us to cut loose the lifeboat which dropped heavily into the water.
It is a weakness of Gabriel's analysis that he never seems to realize that his so-called fundamental law had already been cut loose from its foundations when it was adapted to democracy.
his hospital and doctor bills had been large and his income had been cut until he was receiving little except small rentals on some properties he still owned.
Before the fight was over, the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut up badly.
`` How many times have I told you '' -- he began, and was almost glad when she cut him off -- `` Too many times ''!!
Another strategy -- bolder and tougher -- was also attracting notice in Washington: a naval and air blockade to cut Cuba off from the world, destroy Castro.
Demand for parts for home entertainment was strong in the first half, but purchases were cut back to lower levels during the fall as set manufacturers reduced their own operating rates.
Mold was used as pattern and clay cut by holding knife at about 45-degree angle, to form an undercut, making base smaller than the pattern top.
First was a 1958 cut of more than 50% on that portion of the load in excess of 40,000 lb ; ;
The mixture was then extracted with alkali and with water following which the carbon tetrachloride was distilled on a Vigreux column, a 25% center cut being retained which was then degassed under vacuum in the presence of Af.
The liver weighed 2,090 gm., was brown in color, and the cut surface was mottled by irregular pale areas.
One old-timer said to sprinkle sugar on a bleeding cut, even when on a knuckle, if it was made by a rusty tool ; ;
Another common method was to cut an onion in two and place each half on the wart for a moment ; ;
) The sorry fact about this young man, who was barely of age when he broke into major-league baseball, was that he really was a better ball player than he was given credit for being -- never so good as he claimed, and always an irritant to his associates, but a good steady performer when he could fight down the temptation to orate on his skills or cut up in public.
There was a small, neon-lighted restaurant and cocktail lounge on the southeast corner of the intersection as he turned into the quiet, palm-lined street where most of the houses on both sides were older two-story mansions, now cut up into furnished rooms and housekeeping apartments.
She was a large woman with a frizzled gray poodle cut and a pencil clamped like a bit between her teeth while she hunted and pecked on an old typewriter.
She was wearing a brown cotton dress, cut across the hips in a way that was supposed to make her look slimmer, a yoke set into the skirt and flaring pleats below.

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Builder Eddie Carr of Washington, past president of NAHB, cut his bricklaying costs $150 a house by adopting the `` SCR masonry process '' worked out after careful time-&-motion studies by the Structural Clay Products Research Foundation to help bricklayers do better work for less.
" The strategy worked in the Rockies ' favor ; Eaton walked with the bases loaded, scoring Dexter Fowler to cut the Giants ' lead to 4 – 2.
For tracks " The End " and " Light My Fire " two takes were worked of each and cut together to achieve the final song.
In addition, a 179-minute " European cut " was released on laserdisc ( letterboxed ) in Japan, accompanied by a 58-minute featurette shot in Tokyo entitled Dream Island by Sean Naughton, who had worked with Wenders on the HD sequences in Until the End of the World.
The approach worked, and as the Journal's circulation jumped to 150, 000, Pulitzer cut his price to a penny, hoping to drive his young competitor ( who was subsidized by his family's fortune ) into bankruptcy.
The zoetrope worked on the same principles as the phenakistoscope, but the pictures were drawn on a strip which could be set around the bottom third of a metal drum, with the slits now cut in the upper section of the drum.
He has a well-deserved reputation as a ladies ' man who has cut a wide swath through the female contingent of every show he's ever worked in, to the detriment of the running of those shows.
If everything worked well, Gelimer's 7, 000-man main body would follow Gibamund around the Roman left flank and cut off their retreat.
" However, the problem in the relationship between Frederick and his parents was worked out without Engels having to leave England or being cut off from financial assistance from his parents.
Despite the fact Wouk had already worked the material from the novel into a stage play, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, which premiered on Broadway in January 1954 and ran for a year, Herman Wouk's attempt at writing the screenplay was considered " a disaster " by director Edward Dmytryk, and he was replaced by Stanley Roberts, who later quit when told to cut the film down to two hours.
The VA has worked to cut down screening times for these returning combat vets ( they are now often evaluated by VA personnel well before their actual discharge ), and they receive first priority for patient appointments.
Recognizing the congressional determination, with wide public support, to cut defense costs ( including winding down the Vietnam War ), Laird worked hard to prune budgetary requests before they went to Congress, and acceded to additional cuts when they could be absorbed without serious harm to national security.
Sheet Nine Germans and Austrians also worked in the Wyandance Brick and Terra Cotta works and cut brush and pulled stumps for the construction of Long Island Avenue ( Conklin Street ) in 1895.
She worked to improve her guitar playing, started singing at the Delta Grange Hall in Washington State with the Pen Brothers ' band, The Westerners, then eventually cut her first record in February 1960.
A dedicated team of sub-editors and researchers worked under Stephen and Lee, combining a variety of talents from veteran journalists to young scholars who cut their academic teeth on dictionary articles at a time when postgraduate historical research in British universities was still in its infancy.
Fortunately, the degree of cementation in Portland Stone is such that the stone is sufficiently well cemented to allow it to resist weathering but not so well cemented that it can't be readily worked ( cut and carved ) by masons, this is one of the reasons why Portland Stone is so favoured as a monumental and architectural stone.
The scattered nature of the landings now worked in the Allies ' favour as they were able to cut all telephone wires in the immediate area.
Workers in the mills worked an average of 54 hours a week at an average rate of just over 20 cents per hour and were threatened with a loss of income through an uncompensated cut of working hours.
The by-election would have Reform put up billboards around her riding, one of which featured a pig at a trough with " SHEILA " marked on it ; and another with her picture and, " Promise to cut the GST: It worked last time!
In 1992, Senator Jesse Helms worked to cut off financial aid to Nicaragua.
She worked extensively with fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who encouraged her to consider a short hair cut.
Also, sharp edges tend to cut into the metal being worked and may cause cracks to form in the workpiece.
Further criticisms include: disassembly of the business ( by firing employees ) in a drive to cut costs, only providing analysis reports, junior consultants charging senior rates, reselling similar reports to multiple clients as " custom work ", lack of innovation, overbilling for days not worked, speed at the cost of quality, unresponsive large firms and lack of ( small ) client focus, lack of clarity of deliverables in contracts, not customizing specific research report criteria and secrecy.
They found in the editing room a nice shot of the moon, and they cut it in, and it worked.

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