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…to the "astonished cry" that rises from the slaves. This, combined with the description of the lashing, and its effect of ripping "a hole in my head" is horrifying. In modern society, the values of people classify these actions as evil and wrong. It is rather paradoxical…

…Eye Opening (If You've Been Living in a Hole) NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA By Barbara Ehrenreich Henry Holt And Company, 230 pp., $13 (paperback) The back cover and the last chapter's 25-page evaluation are the most…

…, and questions asked of him "are put indifferent, as great lords put them." Unaware of the hole that he has dug for himself, the man eventually loses total sight of his original goal of reaching "the law," and the man fixes his attention almost continuously…

…patiently waits at a breathing hole for an unsuspecting seal to surface. When it does the bear will kill it with a rapid blow to the head, or it will lunge and bite. Polar Bears will also prey on seals basking on the ice. They will silently creep up to them…

…, and the melt is pumped through a spinneret, a perforated plate with tiny holes equal in number to the filaments, or single threads, desired in the finished yarn. The filaments form as soon as they strike cool air outside the spinneret. Polyester: Polyester…

…imported from Britain. BSE has not been officially confirmed in the United States or any other major milk-producing country. Autopsies of affected cattle reveal holes in the brain tissue that give it a spongy, or spongiform, texture. Similar spongiform…

…dismay in one chapter about the only man he directly killed in the war with the simple toss of a grenade on night watch: "His jaw was in his throat, his upper lip and teeth were gone, his one eye was shut, his other eye was a star-shaped hole, his eyebrows…

…Porifera are marine animals. They have a unique feeding system that lacks a mouth. They are filter feeders. The cells of sponges have small holes in the skin that are used to move water in and out of the organism. This is accomplished by the movement…

…jobs at the meat packing factories Sinclair has a chance to describe in detail the horror of the meatpacking industry. Jurgis' father Antanas works in the chemical room where the beef was canned, his job was to mop up the filth into the hole in the floor…

…the ball far, but he had skill; he was blessed. Earl made Tiger some miniature clubs out of his old ones and from that moment on, he was obsessed with the sport. The way that Tiger played, it was no longer a sport, it became an art. With every hole he played…