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reach us now Eben remarked
"Guess the fire can't reach us now," Eben remarked.
— from Jess of the Rebel Trail by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

rigid uniformity needed expansion relaxation
Granting that the college system for young men, coming down from an age of narrow prescription and rigid uniformity, needed expansion, relaxation, a wider variety of studies and freer scope for individual choice, there was evidently no such call in a college for women.
— from The Education of American Girls by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett

resistance usually no external resistance
Because of this high internal resistance usually no external resistance is necessary to be connected between it and the rail of the track.
— from The Invention of the Track Circuit The history of Dr. William Robinson's invention of the track circuit, the fundamental unit which made possible our present automatic block signaling and interlocking systems by American Railway Association

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