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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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runner n.
1. a messenger in the army.
2. a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area: a drug-runner.
3. a rope run through a block.
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Runner sizing.(Optimized Runner Systems for Multicavity Injection Molds, part 1)
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science; 2/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...reduce the time for runner solidification...efficiently. Designing runners based on past experience...Decrease the volume of runners to reduce scrap in hot runner thermoset molds...the layout of the runners, but accurate predictions of runner sizes and pressure...
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Runner rugs gain ground.(area rug sales increase)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 11/17/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...racks that display the runner against the coordinating...With the selection of runners now being manufactured...hardwood flooring and runners," Carley said. Karastan now offers 36 different runner designs ranging from sisal to Oriental motifs and runners make up about 10 percent...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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RUNNER IN CAPITOL : APPRENTICE ASSEMBLYMAN ON FAST TRACK.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 1/27/1997; 700+ words
; ...Two months into his job, Assemblyman George Runner has hit the ground, well, running. Runner, R-Lancaster, has proposed legislation...doing exactly what we said we'd do,'' said Runner, elected in November to replace W. J...
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RUNNERS GET ON PACE TO BEAT LEUKEMIA : AREA MARATHONERS RAISE FUNDS FOR PATIENTS AS THEY PREPARE FOR MAY RACE.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/1/1997; 700+ words
; ...year, with individual runners collecting a required...decided to coach the runner's group - made up of runners from the San Fernando...with the disease. Runners collect their pledges...to the $2,600 per runner goal, but a few were...
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RUNNER ENTERS SENATE RACE FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR KNIGHT'S SEAT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...LANCASTER - Former Assemblyman George Runner formally announced his candidacy for the...creation and equalized school funding. Runner announced his plans to run for the 17th...California Legislature for six years,'' Runner said at a news conference outside the...
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Front runners. (table runners)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...explosion is the table runner. "Most retailers...category with tapestry runners, then got into other...because it's only a runner. " Runners are long and narrow...driving force in runners is the coordinated story. A runner alone is great...
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'Runner' laces up: Yahoo! revives abandoned ABC reality idea.
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 1/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...to bring back shelved ABC project "The Runner"--and if it happens, it could be...the aftermath of 9/11. While "The Runner" always boasted a strong online component...greenlight." If it does move forward, "The Runner" could go live as soon as this summer...
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Runners Aim to Pack It In; Teammates Stay in Group, Seek Higher Overall Finish
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the only Panthers runner not smiling. His...pack of Panthers runners with whom he was...three or four of your runners cross the finish...hard being a pack runner, because you know...could have strong runners in the one through...and if the fifth runner finishes last in...
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International runners invade MAC cross country squads
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...compete with international runners because they have more...the best attributes a runner can have." Hadsell...recruits international runners. "I just try to recruit...Ohio All-American runner Jackie Conrad, who has...against international runners, agreed with Banton...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Runners race to individual goals
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 7/3/2002; ; 567 words
; ...Webster's says a runner is one who runs. I point...members of my Rookie Runners program, they all seem...know I'm not a real runner, but ... ." I'll...Webster's define a runner as someone who runs a...Unfortunately, most beginning runners fall into the trap of...
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Day Runner, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...in its promotion of the Day Runner line, and the organizers began...than gift shops. Soon Day Runner organizers were being purchased...office supply stores to buy Day Runners. Over the years, the Day Runner System was offered in a growing...
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Blade Runner
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
BLADE RUNNER USA, 1982 Director: Ridley Scott Production: Ladd...and David Webb Peoples, The Illustrated Blade Runner, San Diego 1982. Books: Scroggy, David, editor, Blade Runner Sketchbook, San Diego, 1982. Peary, Danny, Cult...
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A Confederate Blockade-Runner (1862, by John Wilkinson)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...out-ward bound blockade-runners could take their choice through...The inward bound blockade-runners, too, were guided by circumstances...the fleet, many blockade-runners were afloat when Fort Fisher...for although the blockade-runner might receive a shot or two...
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blockade runners
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
blockade runners, part of economic warfare , were merchant...this trade had to be sent by blockade runners, called Yanagi transports, which had...revealed to the British that blockade runners were being allocated strips of water...
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Blockade Runners, Confederate
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...it not been for the blockade runners, the Confederate armies more...stringency of the blockade, the runners might have enabled the South...vessels occupied. Furthermore, runners afforded the one means of outside...had its source in a blockade runner. The traffic also stimulated...
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