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2. The 8 Best Ironing Boards of 2023 - AOL

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   These smooth, heat-safe surfaces make ironing a breeze. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium ...

3. Ironing - Wikipedia

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   Ironing a shirt. Ironing is the use of an iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric. [1] The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 180–220 °C (360–430 °F), depending on the fabric. [2] Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibres of the material. While ...

4. Sarah Boone - Wikipedia

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   The ironing board was very narrow, curved, and made of wood. The shape and structure allowed it to fit a sleeve and it was reversible, so one could iron both sides of the sleeve. [2] [3] Boone is regarded as the second African-American woman to attain a patent, after Judy Reed. [4] Along with Miriam Benjamin, Ellen Eglin, and Sarah Goode, Boone ...

5. Mangle (machine) - Wikipedia

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   This process takes much less time than ironing with the usual iron and ironing board. There were many electric rotary ironers on the American market including Solent, Thor, Ironrite and Apex. By the 1940s the list had grown to include Bendix, General Electric, Kenmore and Maytag. [ 4 ]

6. Andrew Jackson and the slave trade in the United States ...

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   [46] [47] According to historian Whitney Snow, Jackson's employment income as an attorney was unpredictable, and insufficient to cover his financial losses, so he "began dabbling in mercantilism, land speculation, and the interstate slave trade" and found that of the three, "slave trading not only relieved Jackson of debt but also allowed him ...

7. I Stand Here Ironing - Wikipedia

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   "I Stand Here Ironing" is a short story by Tillie Olsen that first appeared in Pacific Spectator and Stanford Short Stories in 1956 under the title "Help Her to Believe." The story was republished in 1957 as "I Stand Here Ironing" in Best American Short Stories. The work was first collected in Tell Me a Riddle published by J. B. Lippincott & Co ...

8. Bed bug control techniques - Wikipedia

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   Bed bug infestations spread easily in connecting units and have negative effects on psychological well-being and housing markets. In response, many areas have specific laws about responsibilities upon discovering a bed bug infestation, particularly in hotels and multi-family housing units, because an unprofessional level of response can have the effect of prolonging the invisible part of the ...

9. Great ape language - Wikipedia

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   Tests showed Washoe reliably used 85 signs singly and in combination with other words by her third year with the Gardners. (The number of reliable signs rose to 132 later.). According to Eugene Linden, an independent journalist who focused on ape language research, she asked questions and used negatives ("no" in combination with another word). [23]