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That castor oil seems to be good for other applications than stomachs.
That Wakefields and racing men have been saying that for many years, as did many early fliers.
That all this reaching for the "Summit " might Well be applied to vehicle road tests.
That the discovery that embossed aluminium panelling conceals scratches may lead to more of it being embussed. • That " lbs." is still being widely used as the abbreviated plural for pounds," when actually "lb." is correct for the singular or plural.
That the redundant " s " must represent quite a large total waste of money in paying signwriters and others.
That Blakey's Boot Protectors may also have been hit by cycles and mopeds.
That a conference is a meeting where conversation is substituted for the dreariness of labour and the loneliness of thought.
Of calculations that indicate the costs of Government-controlled businesses to be 50 per cent. higher than those of private enterprise.
That economic production depends largely upon the will to buy and the weaker, this is the more costly will be the products concerned.
That the George Cohen "600" quarterly is, fortunately, not for men only, so the fair sex can have some laughs white the others enjoy the more serious articles.
That no one has yet attempted to prophesy the average life of a plastics body.
That in this connection much must depend on the care with which it is fabricated.
That in other words, the materials must be laid on " with skill.
That London's buses are not going on National Health, although some of the crews might do with pep pills.
That E.M.I. Electronics have produced a neat instrument which will measure directly the dilution of engine oil by derv.
That in a certain building connected with the commercialvehicle industry, where the lifts have been giving some trouble, they haye become known as "flaw x flaw" models.