Word: manuals
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...slave trade, conducted by nomadic Muslim merchants, before the seafarers arrived, and the traffic persisted even after European nations outlawed it during the 19th century. In 1434 Portuguese adventurers brought the first black slaves to Lisbon. As Europe's transatlantic colonies grew in importance, so did the need for manual labor. In all, writes Roberts, as many as 10 million slaves were transported to the New World, perhaps 5 million of them in the 18th century alone. Nearly two million more died aboard the crowded prison ships that carried slaves to work the sugar fields of the Caribbean...
...become inflamed and swollen, they can press on nearby nerves, causing tingling and weakness in the fingers. Sometimes scar tissue develops in the area. All together these injuries, if not treated, can result in diminished coordination and strength: patients may literally lose their grip and have trouble managing simple manual tasks...
Christianity, for one thing. LIVE from Golgotha takes a shocking look at Jesus' claim as the Messiah and at those who, like St. Paul and St. Timothy, spread the word. Though the author has personally never progressed beyond a manual Smith Corona ("I have spent my life changing ribbons"), he has a sophisticated knowledge of computer gadgetry and a puddle jumper's expertise at time tripping...
...card is issued." Her card expired June 30, 1984, but she continues to have a standby role in the doomsday scenario. During the 1980s she took part in several relocation exercises at Mount Weather, where for days on end she practiced putting out her crisis publication on an aging manual typewriter. Says Girard: "I felt like I was in a 1950s movie...
...should be amateur, in part because he believed that would guarantee gentlemanly fair play. Bound up as well in the ideal was a desire to maintain the barriers of class. The leisured rich did not want to compete with working-class athletes whose muscles were toned by manual labor...