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"They ain't no more use in our hands than in the wagon, seein 'as the powder's gone."
Chapter 13 2010
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Creme blush applied with fingertips is soft and pretty, but powder's more polished.
Beauty: Blushers 2011
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The common wisdom seems to be that cinnamon dries your mouth out or prevents saliva from forming and lubricating the powder's path.
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There are so many accelerants, propellants, combustables, and gases that can be EASILY mixed up in a blink that far exceed black powder's "danger level".
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More than two hours after the powder's discovery at about 11:30 a.m., fire-rescue officials identified the substance as tellurium, a poisonous alloying agent used in coloring glass and strengthening lead.
Archive 2007-01-07 Sinfonian 2007
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In other words, if the sun is shining on the shore, or the powder's falling on the slopes, vacation-home buyers don't mind short-term market fluctuations very much.
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"Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder's runnin' low;If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven,An' drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago."
The Drum is now beating - There is no turning back. Lionheart 2007
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More than two hours after the powder's discovery at about 11:30 a.m., fire-rescue officials identified the substance as tellurium, a poisonous alloying agent used in coloring glass and strengthening lead.
Powder scare at Palm Beach County Courthouse Sinfonian 2007
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A few congressmen have cited concern that if heroin was present in hospitals, it might be stolen and sold on the street or else secretly used by nurses and staff (such is Washington's conviction of the white powder's irresistible allure); while others fret that it would set a bad example for children, the logic of that excuse being beyond the comprehension of the ordinary mind.
Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003
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The leather also stopped any of the gasses escaping past the bullet and so concentrated the powder's force.
Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003
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