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However, these bars were finely made, tapered at one end, and had striations on their surfaces; several were coated with red pigment on their ends.
First, election contests in both chambers have tapered off considerably since the beginning of the twentieth century.
The current then tapered to a lower level as the desired joint angle was approached.
As the design was refined, the brick was not felt to suit the form of the block that tapers inward on the upper storeys.
They are tall, free-standing, pillar-like stelae with tapering form, usually with a rectangular cross-section and pictorial narrative scenes carved on all four sides in registers.
Leaves slender, 3 mm long and 1 mm wide, tapering along entire length to an acute apex, often slightly incurved towards stem.
Digits with no recognizable phalanges, and with a deeper impression at the anterior tips of the digits, tapering out posteriorly to the heel pad.
Two highly polished tapered steel pins passing through the wind-tunnel walls are engaged loosely in these holes.
The pedicel is strongly tapered towards where it was narrowly attached to the cone axis.
The cathode used is made of stainless steel and has a 3 mm diameter tapered hole in the center of the cathode disc.
The pygidia have a wide and posteriorly tapered axis and a pair of distinct pleural furrows opposite the second axial ring.
Ascenders have tapering wedges, while the wedges on minims are heavy.
The discontinued drug was gradually tapered over 4 weeks.
Patients were significantly more likely to achieve 50% improvement and to be tapered off prednisone than controls.
He observed various stages that ranged from 0n05 up to 3n0 mm in length and were slightly tapered at the two ends.
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