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shorter terms and uniform discounts the
Other outstanding features included the description of how the association planned to conduct a research into the cost of doing a wholesale coffee-roasting business, the investigation to be made by Columbia University; addresses attacking the meat packers' invasion of the coffee roasting and distributing field; a paper, and discussions, on shorter terms and uniform discounts; the recommendation to employ a traveling field secretary who would hold periodical meetings with local branches; and the condemnation of guaranteeing prices against decline and giving advance notices of changes of prices.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

several they are usually dedicated to
In a great church, which may contain several, they are usually dedicated to male and female saints H
— from The Cathedrals of Northern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

smite them and utterly destroy them
[353] And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them.”— Deuteronomy , vii.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

sentiments that are unutterably distasteful to
And whilst Field Place and the Enthusiasts have committed indiscretions, that provoke remonstrance and demand correction, the extreme Shelleyan Socialists have placed his strongest title to social homage, on his courageous avowal of sentiments, that are unutterably distasteful to the great majority of conscientious and right-minded people.
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson

same time an urgent duty to
It becomes at the same time an urgent duty to break through the narrow limitations of the natural ego, and to conduct our life from the point of view of objective truth and comprehensiveness, and so for the first time to become capable of genuine love and justice.
— from Life's Basis and Life's Ideal: The Fundamentals of a New Philosophy of Life by Rudolf Eucken

sea threatens an untimely death the
The sea threatens an untimely death; the shore menaces calamities from which death is a refuge.
— from Nature and Art by Mrs. Inchbald

smite them and utterly destroy them
Did these words come from the heart of love?— "When the Lord thy God shall drive them before thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, or show mercy unto them.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

stimulating to an unusual degree the
They are intended not only to add to the strength of the backbone itself, but have been devised with a view to stimulating to an unusual degree the nerve centers located in the spine.
— from Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden

smite them and utterly destroy them
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: 05:007:003
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 5: Deuteronomy by Anonymous


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