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It makes sense that it is easier and cheaper to simply give those closely-packed cattle fourth-generation cephalosporins than it is to take steps to prevent disease virulence in the first place.
Why You Should Care if Cattle Get Fourth-Generation Cephalosporins - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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The bears rolled on the ground at last in the most unseemly fashion, amid roars of laughter from the closely-packed crowd of men and women.
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Fortunately an opening in the closely-packed carriages had just occurred, and mine was approaching.
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The cumulative index to the last 11 volumes runs to 187 closely-packed pages.
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The robots actually moved forward in a phalanx but at least they knew how to break up their closely-packed ranks in case of danger-in which case they would get away by using their antigrav units and would know how to take cover.
Planet Mechanica Scheer, Karl 1977
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'That would be long enough, at the speed Rama is travelling, for a transit between the closely-packed suns in the heart of the Galaxy.
Rendezvous with Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1973
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'That would be long enough, at the speed Rama is travelling, for a transit between the closely-packed suns in the heart of the Galaxy.
Rendezvous With Rama Clarke, Arthur C. 1973
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The closely-packed, silent crowds of Earthmen had vanished.
The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953
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It is but fair to add that these instances of the cave-crab's eye-stalk and the closely-packed teeth are put forward by Mr. Spencer with the more immediate object of proving that there is "no concomitant variation in co-operative parts," even when "formed out of the same tissue, like the crab's eye and its peduncle" (pp. 12-14, 23, 33).
Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin
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The too closely-packed teeth in the "decreasing" jaws of modern men (p. 13) [5] are also suggestive of other causes than use and disuse.
Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin
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