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placed in the interoperable electronic data
(b) Prohibition.--In the case of any alien with respect to whom a visa has been denied under subsection (a)-- (1) no subsequent visa may be issued to the alien unless the consular officer considering the alien's visa application has reviewed the information concerning the alien placed in the interoperable electronic data system, has indicated on the alien's application that the information has been reviewed, and has stated for the record why the visa is being issued or a waiver of visa ineligibility recommended in spite of that information; and (2) the alien may not be admitted to the United States without a visa issued in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph (1).
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

Prussians in this important engagement did
The whole loss of the Prussians in this important engagement, did not exceed five hundred men killed and wounded.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

penetrating interest taking in every detail
MARTHY looks her over with a new penetrating interest, taking in every detail of her face.
— from Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill

pieces if this is ever done
The patient must inevitably alternate between cold damp after his bed is made, and warm damp before, both saturated with organic matter, [27] and this from the time the mattresses are put under him till the time they are picked to pieces, if this is ever done.
— from Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not by Florence Nightingale

politicians is traversed in every direction
Germany leaves the vast dominion of the skies assigned to her by [Pg 405] Heine for that of industry and commerce, and philosophizes somewhat unworthily; Italy, which in greater part was a country of artists, poets and politicians, is traversed in every direction by religious and philosophic currents.
— from Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept by Benedetto Croce

plot is thickening in every direction
The plot is thickening in every direction, and we may expect a great confusion.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

pail is true in every direction
How is it done?—It should be added that the pail is true in every direction.
— from The Puzzle King Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc. by John Scott

perceptible iron taste in every drop
Though containing but 3.26 grains of iron in one gallon of water—Prof. Chandler's analysis—it is an evident and remarkable fact that the water thus weakly impregnated has a most perceptible iron taste in every drop.
— from Saratoga and How to See It by R. F. Dearborn

part in the insurrection equally desire
Whatever may happen, we are resolute; we—that is to say, all those who, without having followed the Government of Versailles, and without having taken an active part in the insurrection, equally desire the re-establishment of legitimate power and the development of municipal liberties—we are resolved to follow where our deputies and the maires may lead us.
— from Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton


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