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The Emerald Dagger

By: Barbara M. Hodges

...tretched upon the bed. My God, she thought, it’s me, and what’s with all the machines and tubes? 16 The Emerald Dagger She floated closer. Life suppo... ...d up the chart hanging at the foot of the bed, checked the read- ings on the machines and hung the chart back in its place. Look at her, Kelsey though... ...the doctor said. “Would she want to go on this way? No brain activity, and a machine breathing for her?” “I know you’re right,” Duncan cried. “But to ...

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Trade Facilitation through Customs Procedures: Assessment of Apec's Progress

By: Its Global

...nd cargo, preferably using non-intrusive detection equipment such as large-scale X-ray machines and radiation detectors. e) Create and implement a... ...ystem which pre-clears passengers to ensure faster clearance on arrival. c) Introduce machine readable travel documents (MRTDs), if possible with ...

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The Snakelex Report

By: Christine Jones

...e has been exchanged during the service, not to mention, sale of stock or machinery. The congregation has grown quite accustomed to seeing their pas... ... all his money at cards, now took out his frustration on the old pinball machine. Eventually, Morris had no choice than to throw the young man out ...

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Apec's Achievements in Trade Facilitation 2007-2010-Final Assessment of Tfapii

By: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit

...go, preferably using non-intrusive detection equipment such as large- scale X-ray machines and radiation detectors. Create and implement an Authori... ...em which pre- clears passengers to ensure faster clearance on arrival. Introduce machine readable travel documents (MRTDs), if possible with biomet...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...effect on the relocation of work from factory and office to home and car. Machine tools and office equipment well into the 1980's were too cumbersom... ... other ominous signs. The worker of the future will interface mainly with machines or with others through machines - often from home. The merging of... ...tion of the common industrial worker, the veritable "anonymous cog in the machine". Not only was the link between worker and product broken - but t...

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Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in Apec Economies

By: Apec Finance Minister Process

...ent. The major commodities of Indonesia’s non-oil export consist of mineral products, machinery and equipment, and fat, oil, and waxes, contributing... ...ategory of commodities, the major commodity of Indonesian non-oil imports constituted machinery and equipment, and accounted for 27.86 percent of the... ...ral Reserve Banks’ check collection system. Providing High-speed, computer- controlled machines at Reserve Banks sort checks, total the amounts, credi...

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War of the Worlds, The

By: H. G. Wells

... an English gentleman narrates the events of a violent and fast paced Martian invasion. The frightening images of people fleeing from gigantic tripod machines and the prospect of life under Martian rule have served as a bottomless well of inspiration for popular culture. The novel has served as a template for many derivative or inspired works, including comics, countless b...

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Grailem

By: Gary L Beer

...rototypes for a new generation of Man. The body skeleton, made of modern metal clusters, that would never decay, was almost indestructible. His inner machine workings were covered in a flexible carbon hybrid. The carbon, formed with the mineral pansaleite under extreme pressure gave the appearance and feel of human skin. The new kind of Man had to be in Man's own image and...

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Dieselpunk Epulp Showcase : Volume 1

By: John W. Picha; Grant Gardiner

...ful. Someone with respect. Both men stared from the sidewalk as the uniformed driver in the peaked hat and driving gloves casually hauled the huge machine into the outside lane, the big automobile whining up to speed as it left the rest of the halting traffic to fight amongst themselves. With one more deep growl of acceleration the mesmerising machine swung deep towards...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...dists who would dive their bombers into American ships killing those nice American boys. Hitler‘s troops were goose-stepping cogs in a terror machin... ...have been found to be: an assembly line worker, operator of an elevator with push-button controls, typist in a clerical pool, bank guard, copy machin...

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