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Mike Baxley and Tracy and Tommy Jones worked at UniMac, a washing-machine plant in Marianna, Fla., that Bain purchased in 1998.
Featured Workers Call Bain Film Inaccurate Elizabeth Williamson 2012
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The washing-machine conceit, be it noted, is likely homage to the vacuum cleaners that play a central role in "Our Man in Havana."
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But when the water circled back—that washing-machine effect—it was already loaded with these hungry bacteria, which immediately went on the attack again, mopping up another round of hydrocarbons.
How Microbes Teamed to Clean Gulf Gautam Naik 2012
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I like the simpleness of this man just acknowledging the fact about a washing-machine.
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The washing-machine conceit, be it noted, is likely homage to the vacuum cleaners that play a central role in "Our Man in Havana."
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Besides sawing wood and turning his lathe and grindstone, Daylight connected the power with the churn; but his great triumph was when he put his arm around Dede's waist and led her out to inspect a washing-machine, run by the Pelton wheel, which really worked and really washed clothes.
Chapter XXVI 2010
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He, his wife, Tracy, and Mr. Baxley parlayed that work into Washers-R-Us, a commercial washing-machine sales-and-service business in Marianna.
Featured Workers Call Bain Film Inaccurate Elizabeth Williamson 2012
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For example, the film claims that Mr. Romney closed a Florida industrial washing-machine manufacturing plant and features powerful appearances by workers "laid off by Bain."
Time for Romney to Talk About Bain Karl Rove 2012
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It is only slowly and by the utmost effort that some small foothold has been gained for the vacuum cleaner, the washing-machine, the power tool, and the chemical reagent.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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More said line-drying clothes saves more than changing the washing-machine settings (the reverse is true).
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