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Of many who, although they deplore " witch hunts," would like to see more careful screening of " refugees."
That at holiday times older children join in archery contests, and arrows being scarce, dash into the road to retrieve them.
That the worst popper-out-of-side-doors is the owner of a private car with a door of double width to serve both front and back seats.
That doors of this type, when suddenly flung across the fairway, can unseat cyclists and put a strain on the brakes and nerves of other road users. That an 800-mile pipe line to take Bashkirian oil to Omsk oil refinery was opened on January 9.
That it was laid partly along the beds of five rivers, involved shifting 5m. cu. ft: of earth and has intermediate pumping stations.
That, as Britain becomes more industrialized, there may be fewer beauty spots to attract coaching parties.
Re Sir John Elliott's statement that "passengers could be expected to tolerate higher fares only if the service was first-rate," the comment that John Citizen is becoming almost inured to wOrse service at higher prices in many fields.
That a load of stone is far from being a lodestone.
Of too many accidents which cannot all be truly accidental.
That to employ the advantages of rubber in shear is a sheer asset.
That few factory architects seem capable of combining utility and beauty.
That many " governors " have a tough time, not only on vehicles but in industry.
That they don't roll out the barrel now—they use a hydraulic device such as a tailboard lift.