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...into automation that brings her the tired pain, the slow aching motion...and the rains begin.... The force, the might of this awful rain beating down on an oppressed earth; beating down upon her and the ooze through which she has been traveling. The rain begins the struggle to wipe away the fetters...
Each time Chou moved to a new table, he shook everyone's hand. Then a waiter would give him a warm, moist rag to wipe his hands. His right hand was injured during the Long March and is sensitive...
With scant evidence to back their argument, independent bankers charge that absentee-owned branch banks, left unchecked, will wipe them out, dominate the country's economy and put profit above personal service and the local community's needs. They contend that society is healthier when control of credit is as diffuse as possible. John Harris, president of Callaway Bank of Fulton, Mo., asks: "If you were a holding company bank and money was tight, who would you take care of first-your little guy from Boonville or your big corporate customer?" Adds Allen Stults, past president...
...thrust and parry, but knows how to get the most out of humor based on repetition "We'll say no more about this" he concludes several exchanges, and delivers the line at just the right time in each instance. Benedict plays a character whose motto is "eliminate, wipe out, carry on" in a manner suggesting a malicious version of Edmund Muskie...
...treatments demonstrated that steroid drugs effectively combatted properly diagnosed starch peritonitis, and the lumps disappeared. The Lancet's editors urge doctors not merely to rinse off the starch substance, as that could worsen matters by clumping the starchy residues; they must wash the gloves off vigorously and then wipe them thoroughly with sterile towels before picking up their scalpels...