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Critics argue that risk-based standards as currently applied by the nuclear industry and those who regulate it have become a "single-edged sword," cutting in only one direction: Lowering margins of safety through relaxed regulations and enforcement.
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Those hands now drew a final item from behind his backâa clear crystalline single-edged knife with a wide pommel.
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Their swords were long, single-edged, and curved, made for vigorous slashing, in contrast with Doris straight double-edged sword.
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They carried machine guns and the traditional long, single-edged machetes known as bolo knives.
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They carried machine guns and the traditional long, single-edged machetes known as bolo knives.
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They carried machine guns and the traditional long, single-edged machetes known as bolo knives.
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Her jewelry, which included a large shield-shaped pendant, the layout and location of the cemetery as well as excavated weaponry, such as knives and a fine langseax a single-edged Anglo-Saxon sword, lead the scientists to believe she might have been a member of royalty who led a pagan cult at a time when Christianity was just starting to take root in the region.
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For old paint, scrape it with a single-edged razor, holding the razor at an angle to avoid scratching the glass.
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For old paint, scrape it with a single-edged razor, holding the razor at an angle to avoid scratching the glass.
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The gown was belted with a woven silver rope, and a slightly curved, single-edged knife of some dark, glassy material hung at an angle through it.
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