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Scientists back on Earth used the long voyage to calibrate instruments and practice operating them.
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When he had done it and shown that it worked on the long voyage from London to Jamaica, the scientists went apoplectic.
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The purpose of the plastic bag is to protect the bananas from dehydration and avoid premature ripening during the long voyage from the producing countries.
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Years before the statue was built -- years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their necks skyward at the end of long and brutal voyage, years before it would come to symbolize everything that we cherish -- she imagined what it could mean.
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Ames scientists are renowned for expertise in heat shields, which is one of the most important elements needed to protect a speeding spacecraft slamming into the earth's atmosphere at the end of a long-distance space voyage.
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Europe's map makers may have had an inkling of the Americas long before Columbus's voyage in 1492.
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Surprised that the voyage would take so long (long enough, in one case, for the slaves to mount a rebellion), I pulled out the Oxford Atlas and easily located Madagascar, and saw its geographic relation to South Africa.
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Greece is in for a long and difficult journey, but the voyage will be less traumatic and more successful if it is undertaken within the euro zone, not outside it.
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He, too, however, has a long to-do list before the motor embarks on a maiden voyage: His current motor has a tether attached for power.
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