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It was talk show of sorts and host and guest both seem to be well-greased linguistic experts of sorts, professional or amateur I cannot tell.
So it’s National Punctuation Day again « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Invert it into a very well-greased 9 x 5 loaf pan.
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I am not particularly keen to live in a society marked by vast numbers of citizens clambering, sliding and kicking up and down a well-greased pole; it is more important to shorten the pole than to grease it.
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They may not coerce genius, but they dictate and sway every action of the clay-born. if he hesitate on the verge of a new departure, they whip him back into the well-greased groove; if he pause, bewildered, at sight of some unexplored domain, they rise like ubiquitous finger-posts and direct him by the village path to the communal meadow.
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The pan is nonstick and releases the car shapes fairly easily after being well-greased.
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Fill well-greased muffin tins two-thirds full and bake 20-25 mins at 400 degrees fahrenheit.
In Search of An Amazing Protein Muffin aka TBTAM 2008
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It is like the difference between trying to balance a single broomstick on your outstretched hand vs. trying to balance a broomstick with three well-greased hinges at points along its length.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Don't Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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It is like the difference between trying to balance a single broomstick on your outstretched hand vs. trying to balance a broomstick with three well-greased hinges at points along its length.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Don't Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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It's no surprise that a majority of members of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- have written to Chairman Genachowski demanding that he cave to the industry, and to leave the Internet's future in their own well-greased hands.
Marty Kaplan: Just Like the Internet You See in the Movies 2010
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It's no surprise that a majority of members of Congress -- Democrats and Republicans alike -- have written to Chairman Genachowski demanding that he cave to the industry, and to leave the Internet's future in their own well-greased hands.
Marty Kaplan: Just Like the Internet You See in the Movies 2010
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