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7. Practice the job until you can run beads that are passed by the instructor. Acceptable beads are shown in Fig. 8-12A and D. 8. Experiment with carburizing and oxidizing flame adjustments. Notice the effect of each flame on the weld pool. These flames are shown in Figs. 8-6 and 8-7.

"Welding: Principles and Practices", 6e - Edward R. Bohnart

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The traitors

Anyone who thinks of writing a book on the history of intelligence secrets, especially if they have not tried the subject before, should beg

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It liberated its viewers from the burden of the South's real past, allowing an escape into flights of romantic nostalgia. They are told at the start of the movie, written in antique script against a rose-tinted skyscape:

There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. . . . Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and Slave. . . . Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind.

"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds

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Malcolm X, the 1960s black radical, recalled seeing Gone with the Wind as a boy in Michigan. "I was the only Negro in the theater, and when Butterfly McQueen went into her act, I felt like crawling under the rug."

"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds

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"The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft" (Werner Herzog, 2022)

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If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.

Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom: A Classic of Extreme French Literature

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Gone with the Wind won ten Oscars, one of them awarded to Hattie McDaniel for her portrayal of the stereotypical black Mammy. When the film had its gala premiere in Atlanta in 1939, McDaniel did not attend – to avoid having to sit in the "colored" section of the cinema.

"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds