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  2. Camel's nose - Wikipedia

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    An early citation with a tent is "The camel in the Arabian tale begged and received permission to insert his nose into the desert tent." [4] By 1878, the expression was familiar enough that part of the story could be left unstated. "It is the humble petition of the camel, who only asks that he may put his nose into the traveler's tent.

  3. Slippery slope - Wikipedia

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    Bruce Waller says it is lawyers who often call it the "parade of horribles" argument while politicians seem to favor "the camel's nose is in the tent". [21]: 252 The 1985 best-selling children's book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond popularized the general idea of the slippery slope for recent generations.

  4. Category:Metaphors referring to camels - Wikipedia

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    Camel case; Camel's nose; E. Eye of a needle; S. Straw that broke the camel's back This page was last edited on 8 December 2024, at 04:56 (UTC). Text is available ...

  5. The F.B.I. (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Murray Hamilton S2E12 The Camel's Nose, S3E23 The Ninth Man, S4E17 A Life in the Balance, S6E12 The Witness; Harrison Ford S4E18 Caesar's Wife, S5E11 Scapegoat; Arthur Hill S1E23 Flight to Harbin, S2E6 The Plague Merchant, S3E5 By Force and Violence: Part 1, S3E6 By Force and Violence: Part 2, S4E21 The Attorney; Barry Morse S4E10 The Flaw

  6. That’s not my name: confusing wild and Bactrian camels ‘masks ...

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    The wild camel is not a feral version of the domestic Bactrian, but is a separate species close to extinction, the study led by ZSL (Zoological Society London), the Wild Camel Protection ...

  7. Camel - Wikipedia

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    Bactrian camels can be a foot taller. Camels can run at up to 65 km/h (40 mph) in short bursts and sustain speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph). [14] Bactrian camels weigh 300 to 1,000 kg (660 to 2,200 lb) and dromedaries 300 to 600 kg (660 to 1,320 lb). The widening toes on a camel's hoof provide supplemental grip for varying soil sediments. [15]

  8. Could Airbus's 'E-Nose' Put Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Out a Job? - AOL

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    This 'E-Nose' could be installed inside airports or on virtually any surface within an aircraft cabin. "By using this kind of technology, we can unload the tension that is on security ...

  9. List of The F.B.I. episodes - Wikipedia

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    "The Camel's Nose" Joseph Sargent: Mark Rodgers & Gerald Sanford: December 11, 1966 () Case file #164-429-C: A company aircraft of Colton Industries, a Detroit-based ...