Word: resealing
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...world's oldest profession. Ever since humankind became literate, civilization has been bedeviled by the forger's determination to deceive by mimicking the writing of others. When a pharaoh first fashioned a seal to protect the identity of his scribblings, a forger lurked with intent to melt, alter and reseal. Around the 5th century B.C. the Athenian poet Onomakritos was expelled from that ancient city for tampering with the oracles of Musaeus. His crime, unlike those of most forgers, had an unintended benefit. Thereafter, whenever a prophecy failed to materialize, the oracle could angrily proclaim that the prediction had been...
Making the cookie crumbs is the only part of this recipe that isn't incredibly easy. If the inner package of cookies has a lot of air sealed in, open the package a little, let the air out and reseal the package with some tape. Then gently hammer the cookies with something heavy to crash them until they're fine. If the package doesn't hold up, put it into another plastic bag or two, or use a paper...
...overflow of agricultural oils (soybean and cottonseed) has been reduced from 1½ billion to 55 million lbs. since 1953, and overall dairy surpluses have fallen by a full 54% as a result of increased U.S. consumption and a giveaway program. But last week Iowa farmers were asked to reseal on their own farms some 50 million bushels of corn, deliverable this month to the Government, but for which the Department of Agriculture can find no market and no storage space...
There is considerable confusion as to just who this reseal is Miss O'Hara, who answers, to the title of Princess Mah Jongg, has her sights set on the wrong fellow (Paul Christian) for some time while palling around with the pasha and military governor of Bagdad (Vincent Price). When the Black Robe boss turns out to be somebody else (John Sutton), Christian gets the Princess and Sutton and Price get theirs...