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clearance not uniform C Dirty
Flame Impingement A. High CO 2 B. Diffuser and choke ring clearance not uniform C. Dirty nozzle, or poor patterns D. Leaks 3.
— from Installation and Operation Instructions For Custom Mark III CP Series Oil Fired Unit by Anonymous

commercial nations unemployed capital diffuses
The numerous and multifarious channels of credit through which, in commercial nations, unemployed capital diffuses itself over the field of employment, flowing over in greater abundance to the lower levels, are the means by which the equalization is accomplished.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

changed name use counterfeit documents
She had had to live under a changed name, use counterfeit documents, disguise herself in various costumes in order to hide from spies, carry hundreds and hundreds of pounds of illegal books through various cities, arrange escapes for comrades in exile, and escort them abroad.
— from Mother by Maksim Gorky

could not understand Clem Davis
She could not understand Clem Davis’ failure to appear unless he had feared that he would be placed under arrest.
— from The Clock Strikes Thirteen by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt

comme nous un compagnon d
N’étais-tu pas comme nous un compagnon d’exil?
— from Working North from Patagonia Being the Narrative of a Journey, Earned on the Way, Through Southern and Eastern South America by Harry Alverson Franck


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