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  • The next 6 or 8 months will be the time period when his spinal cord's nerve cells regrow, if they're going to.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Pat 2007

  • Using the Consumer Product Safety Commission's standard wipe test for lead and vinyl products like mini blinds and toys, we wanted to see if the lead in the cord's PVC coating would come off On someone's hands.

    CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2007 2007

  • The next 6 or 8 months will be the time period when his spinal cord's nerve cells regrow, if they're going to.

    update, day 36 Pat 2007

  • In Noor's case, doctors say her spinal cord's protective covering and nerves appear to be protruding through an opening.

    CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2006 2006

  • He didn't dare struggle; he knew how fragile the spinal cord's protection was at the base of the skull and he didn't want to end up paraplegic.

    The Distant Echo McDermid, Val 2003

  • "And when it comes up, they can use alligator clips to make the connection if the micro - phone cord's too short."

    The Nightmare Begins Ahern, Jerry 1981

  • "But HOW can we get our hands free?" said Ern. "The cord's much too strong!"

    The Mystery of Banshee Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1961

  • If we cause a cord to vibrate in the water, we shall obtain a succession of waves, the velocity and size of which will be derived from the cord's size and the intensity of its action.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Various

  • Swiftly, for all his trembling fingers, he unfastened the cord's end from the newel-post.

    The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • Then with that one pitiful cry she sank among the close-pressing crowd; but her hands, by the cord's constraint, still lifted themselves as might a drowning swimmer's; and the grey horse -- the one other innocent creature in that procession -- plodded forward, dragging her now senseless body at the cart's tail.

    Lady Good-for-Nothing Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

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