Word: inch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem. Ten thousand of them, in fact. Sham Shui Po is the largest of the eight compounds--row after row of what used to be white army barracks. But now they are filled with refugees, standing in the three foot aisles or lying on the army-issue 4-inch mattresses atop the rows of pink metal bunks. Reid's camp is full-up--ten acres for 10,000 people...
...impression .conveyed by Begin is that his government intends to stand pat on its autonomy proposals, and will not budge an inch toward Egypt's positions. This troubles many Israelis as well as Egyptians and others. In an editorial, the Jerusalem Post observed: "Agreeing to disagree is a useful formula-up to a point. That point arises when decisions must be taken, and decisions on how to translate the Camp David 'framework' into a full-bodied autonomy will have to be taken very soon ... If the idea of autonomy is sunk not because of P.L.O. sabotage...
...production of more than one egg. The eggs are then fertilized by artificial insemination and, about a week later, the live embryos-usually five, but sometimes ten or more-are withdrawn through the cervix by means of a catheter. Each embryo is then transferred, either by a six-inch incision in the side or directly through the cervix, to the uterus of a less perfect host mother, which carries the superior calf to full term. Since supercows, or "queen bees," can be bred seven times a year, each can produce 35 or more embryos annually. This can make the herd...
When the mechanics returned, the engine and pylon unit had shifted an almost imperceptible quarter-inch, throwing them out of exact alignment with their wing fittings. According to federal investigators, the workmen then used brute force to jam the unit into its mounting. The flange on the rear bulkhead of the pylon apparently cracked, so minutely that the fault was not detected The aircraft then flew some 100 flights before engine No. 1 ripped loose from the wing on May 25 in Chicago...
Hands on hips, his entire body bobbing with fury, Weaver closed on his quarry and pressed his argument to within an inch of Garcia's nose...