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- v place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
- Standing order at the press conference (L-R): General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret); Governor Janet Napolitano; Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Vice President-elect Joe Biden .
- Last month the passing of Ret Fafiti (rets, like Christian Scientists, do not die) brought the stately Shilluk peers into conclave.
- Vice Admiral Edward Lull Cochrane (ret.