Word: splices
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...King was delighted. He called the Amethyst's escape a "daring exploit," personally ordered the frigate's crew to "splice the mainbrace"-break out an extra order of grog for all hands. In Shanghai, the Communist press ignored the Amethyst's escape completely. Shanghai British celebrated discreetly. "We're glad they're out of it," said one, "but there's no point in crowing over it. After all, we're still here...
...whole work takes five hours to play, Lebenthal said, but it took him nine months to gather his material, record it, edit it, and splice it together into a continuous narrative...
Since January, the Empress herself had been studying English with Mrs. Vining, and Akihito's three sisters and younger brother were all getting lessons, too. Besides this solid schedule of tutoring, Mrs. Vining had her regular classes at the democratized Peers and Peeresses schools, somehow managed to splice in talks to Japanese teachers about how to teach the democratic...
...complete break in the spinal cord paralyzes all the body from the break down. Doctors have found no way to splice the cord together or revive paralyzed organs. But they can condition some of the organs to function automatically, and they can train a man, with the help of steel braces such as Franklin Roosevelt wore, to stand on his paralyzed legs...
...write news, editorials, advertisements, keep books, pay bills, read proof, clean type, set headlines, set news and editorials, pay bills, set jobs, feed press, cut paper, wrap bundles, solicit advertisements, solicit subscriptions, pay bills, repair presses and linotype (jackleg repairing), splice belts, saw metal cuts, pay bills, chisel cuts, make up newspaper, order supplies, tell people where the local draft board is, tell others where the town's lawyer might be, tell still others that silly rumor they were excited about was only a silly rumor, pay bills, wash forms, distribute type, solicit job printing, pacify irate subscribers whose...