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Examples
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Harris teamed with Twellman on a give-and-go near midfield and brone in alone on goal.
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There would be holes in his assumptions ... but the alternative was to go through the wall via an ancient cziltang brone of unknown dependability.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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There would be holes in his assumptions ... but the alternative was to go through the wall via an ancient * cziltang brone* of unknown dependability.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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But if the cziltang brone broke down, the worst that could happen would be that the airlock would be closed to space -- and incidentally to returning spacemen.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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Just point the cziltang brone -- "He pronounced it as if it started with a sneeze --" at the Ring floor under the Liar.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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A cziltang brone would have given access to spaceports.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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With the power beams off, the repair of a power receiver would have been useless; but a cziltang brone could have been adapted to a metal superconductor cooled by liquid helium.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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The magnetohydrodynamicists virtually had to learn a new profession before they could begin to rebuild the cziltang brone.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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The cziltang brone failed in action, trapping four of them in the rim wall.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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It did not destroy the spaceport's cziltang brone until crewmen and spaceport workmen had carried it inside.
Ringworld Niven, Larry, 1938- 1970
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