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Second Chance denies the allegations, and says when it found out its xylon vests were substandard, took immediate action.
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Second Chance denies the allegations, and says when it found out its xylon vests were substandard, took immediate action.
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There is a Greek proverb, [Greek: skambon xylon oudepot orthon]: "You cannot make a crooked stick straight."
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius 1839
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Others were literally death camps in which millions of people were massacred on an industrial scale, mostly by being packed into rooms that they were told were showers and then poisoned to death by xylon b gas.
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At other times they use vestures of linen of divers colours, also of _gossampine_ or _xylon_, otherwise named _bomasine_ [51].
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
missanthropist commented on the word xylon
Greek Wood, log.
July 11, 2008