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When the wax was removed, a message was found scratched on the wooden backing, warning the Spartans of Xerxes's plans.
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When both were prepared for flight, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high, because the heat of the sun would melt the wax, nor too low, because the sea foam would soak the feathers.
When he brings the wax towards a flame, these characteristics change completely.
When in the kiln, the wax melts off and the carbon, that results from oxygen reduction, replaces the wax.
When beekeepers extract the honey, they cut off the wax caps from each honeycomb cell with an uncapping knife or machine.
When burning candles in glass holders or jars, users should avoid lighting candles with chipped or cracked containers, and stop use once 1 / 2 inch or less of wax remains.
When a cell is filled with honey, the bees seal it with wax.
When removed against the direction of hair growth, the wax strip may disturb hair follicles, causing hair to begin to grow in different directions.
When used in a 50 / 50 mixture with pure beeswax, it makes an effective moustache wax.
When the solvent-impregnated paper came into contact with the back side of the first sheet, it dissolved just enough of the pigmented wax to print the image onto the paper as it went under the printing drum.
When the syndicate turned him down he hired a man to model the giant's shape covertly in wax and create a plaster replica.
When one understands the mathematical principles of the substance, such as its expansion under heat, figure and motion, the knowledge of the wax can be clear and distinct.
When worn without wax or grooming, the moustache style may more closely resemble a walrus moustache.
When the wax sufficiently hardens, the cloth is pulled off quickly to remove hair up from the roots.
When cooled, the wax is permanently adhered to the paper.
When he raked his fingers across the wax, it revealed the " raw " marks underneath.
When placed on a charge of gunpowder, the wax bullet would disintegrate upon firing.
" When Cannibal started I had just quit a job that I'd had for a year and a half at a wax products factory.
When properly selected and applied, the wax in the kick zone grips the snow and allows the skier to propel him or herself forward.
When ironing the wax into the base of the ski, the appropriate temperature of the iron must coordinate with the type and temperature of wax being applied.
When skiing, the friction between the snow and skis will cause the wax to rub off on the snow and sorb to the snow grain surface and particles in the bulk snow.
When the Earl died the body was embalmed with spices from Nottingham and a surgeon encased it in wax.
When the electric heater is energized, the wax block is heated and it expands, driving the plunger outwards.
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When they were closer and he saw that one was a woman, he was more puzzled than ever.
When the meal was ready, he told Jones to wash up, and going into the front room, woke the girl.
When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.
When he regained consciousness he was in Lord's house, in the office of Doctor Lord, the deputy's deceased father.
When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.
When the sea was visible ahead of them, the relief was as great as if the sun had come out.
When she appeared at the store to help out for a few hours even my looking at her was surreptitious lest my Uncle notice it.
When our eyes met the air was filled with an unuttered message of `` Me, too ''.
`` When I was in college '', I grinned, `` I remember a poem I had to read in my lit class.
When they got to Shillong, in Assam, he was happy.
`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.
When he awoke in the mornings, she was in his mind and he could hardly wait to get to school to be near her in the flesh.
When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.
When he finally left the sinister mansion on Perdido Street, he was carried out in a coroner's basket.
When he was eight he began violin lessons.
When the possibility that he had not given reconsideration to so weighty a decision seemed to disconcert his questioners, Mr. Eisenhower was known to make his characteristic statement to the press that he was not going to talk about the matter any more.
When he was stripped, deloused and numbered by his guards, his much-thumbed sketchbook was seized and thrown on a pile of prisoners' goods to be confiscated.
When her right hand was incapacitated by the rheumatism, Sadie learned to write with her left hand.
When Harold Arlen returned to California in the winter of 1944, it was to take up again a collaboration with Johnny Mercer, begun some years before.
When he was fifteen John H. Mercer turned out his first song, a jazzy little thing he called `` Sister Susie, Strut Your Stuff ''.
When he heard that Paul Whiteman was looking for singers to replace the Rhythm Boys, Mercer applied and got the job, `` not for my voice, I'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally ''.
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