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  2. The Cold Equations - Wikipedia

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    The EDS pilot, Barton, soon discovers a stowaway: 18-year-old Marilyn Lee Cross. By law, all EDS stowaways are to be jettisoned because an EDS carries only enough fuel to reach its destination. Marilyn wanted merely to visit her brother Gerry on the remote planet and was unaware of the law. When she saw the "UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL KEEP OUT!"

  3. 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 ]

  4. Ironing (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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    Ironing is commonly used alongside the process of Deep drawing, [2] [3] as the process of deep drawing is very similar in how it uses pressure, and deep drawing can often lead to irregularities in uniformity. Described briefly, deep drawing involves pushing down on a piece of metal (usually round) into dies to result in a deeper piece of metal ...

  5. Laundry symbol - Wikipedia

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    In 1996, in the United States, ASTM International published a system of pictorial care instructions as D5489 Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products, with revisions in 1998, 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2018. [7] [8] American Cleaning institute developed and published their guide to fabric care symbols. [9]

  6. Stowaway caught after getting aboard Delta flight from New ...

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    A stowaway somehow made it onto a Delta Air Lines flight Tuesday from New York City to Paris without a boarding pass, officials confirmed. The woman boarded Delta Flight No. 264 from John F ...

  7. Cold ironing - Wikipedia

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    Cold ironing, [1] or shore connection, shore-to-ship power (SSP) or alternative maritime power (AMP), is the process of providing shoreside electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Category:Stowaways - Wikipedia

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