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  • Before the compartment's door was hermetically sealed, Col. Simons's superior reached in to shake his hand and wish him fair well.

    David Simons dies at 87; solo mission led to space flights 2010

  • Explosives theory: Investigators have found traces of the explosives RDX and PETN in the rear cargo hold, under the front of the passenger compartment's floor board and in the carpet tape.

    Trying To Put The Pieces Back Together 2008

  • I stow my used cup under the seat, intending to take it to the compartment's rubbish bin later, but when he comes around to collect his three rupees, he spots it, picks it up, and chucks it out of the window.

    Archive 2005-07-01 2005

  • The wind from the northwest was howling now, joining with screams and roars and hisses that might have been only in Francis Crozier's head for all he knew at that moment, and the flames were blowing across the blue compartment's wide opening, creating a barrier of fire.

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • One compartment's date is 1891, indicating its inhabitant was moved into the mausoleum after its construction.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • And when they emerged from the compartment's interior, it was to exit into a different, smaller corridor from the one they had traversed before.

    Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

  • He was not entirely surprised to find the compartment's opposite bench already occupied, and the slumped figure of Marius wedged there between two other guards.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Lifting the latch with his nose, Oskar put his shoulder against the edge of the compartment's rear door.

    Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001

  • The sound of the alarm had receded from his consciousness, too familiar to demand attention, and the second set of installation lights had faded from the left-hand screen, telling him that his standard password-and-palmprint access program was in place and ready to run, when he heard the sound of footsteps outside the compartment's door.

    Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

  • Clarke looks through one of the compartment's tiny portholes.

    Starfish 1999

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