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  • Some his staff called their fast-acting boss a “slave driver,” but those closest to him understood his urgency.

    Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

  • Some his staff called their fast-acting boss a “slave driver,” but those closest to him understood his urgency.

    Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

  • The birds couldn't have eaten a fast-acting pesticide because they would have eaten it during the day and died long before they began to roost at night, he said.

    Trauma cited in mysterious Ark. bird kill 2011

  • By the end of BAR, I was kind of hoping for my own dose of fast-acting poison to make the pain stop.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How to Pace a Scene More Quickly 2009

  • Both sodium thiopental and pentobarbital are fast-acting barbiturates that in massive intravenous doses will quickly stop a person's breathing and cause death in 10 to 15 minutes.

    States moving quickly to switch execution drug 2011

  • The birds couldn't have eaten a fast-acting pesticide because they would have eaten it during the day and died long before they began to roost at night, he said.

    Trauma cited in mysterious Ark. bird kill 2011

  • The oak trees around my house, for example, are covered with a type of fast-acting moss, which interacts with water over the course of minutes to transform from dull, dry-looking brown stuff into glowing green fairy-carpet.

    Drunk On Color Heather McDougal 2009

  • But a device that is safe enough for home use is, necessarily, not as powerful, fast-acting or versatile for all skin types as those used in physicians' offices, Kauvar says.

    Beauty tools that are fast <i>and</i> effective? 2011

  • The oak trees around my house, for example, are covered with a type of fast-acting moss, which interacts with water over the course of minutes to transform from dull, dry-looking brown stuff into glowing green fairy-carpet.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Heather McDougal 2009

  • The birds couldn't have eaten a fast-acting pesticide because they would have eaten it during the day and died long before they began to roost at night, he said.

    Trauma cited in mysterious Ark. bird kill 2011

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