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  • Vesper, smiling sweetly at Croaker, felt Bad Clams 'prox - imity.

    Second Skin Lustbader, Eric 1995

  • Stile had supposed a unicorn would not care to have the weapon of an opponent so close to the tender eyes, ears, and nose-but the prox - imity of her organs of perception gave her marvelous coordination with her weapon.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • Stile had supposed a unicorn would not care to have the weapon of an opponent so close to the tender eyes, ears, and nose-but the prox - imity of her organs of perception gave her marvelous coordination with her weapon.

    Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980

  • The prox - imity of Weimar to Jena and its group of romanticists made Herder's influence readily available in both places.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas JAMES GUTMANN 1968

  • Thompson Brockmann, senior consultant at Tompkins Associates (Raleigh, N.C.; 919-876-3667; www.tompkinsinc. com) lists the following advantages of proper product slotting: • Reduces picking labor requirements by locating product in the opti - mal pick sequence • Reduces replenishment labor requirements by matching product unit loads with the appropriately sized storage slot • Reduces response time and improves fl ow by balancing workload be - tween operators • Increases pick accuracy by separating similar products to avoid prox - imity picking errors • Reduces possibility of injuries by placing product in its ergonomi - cally best location • Reduces product damages by organizing heavier product fi rst in the pick path, ahead of crushable product • Increases palletizing productivity by arranging product by case height allowing the building of tighter pallets for better trailer utilization • Defers capital expansion by maintaining the optimum warehouse layout and cube utilization, reducing the need for building expansion

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows Batjaa_sh 2009

  • Last Tuesday came on the important question for fix - ing a place for the seat of Congress; after a deliberate discussion the competition appear* to be between two places, the banks of the Pawtomac near Georgetown, and the banks of the Deleware near Trenton; the determina - tion is in favour of the latter, but not with that unan - imity that could be wished; whither this determination will be found so agreable as ultimately to give satisfac - tion & effectually ascertain the residence of Congress, time will discover.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

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