Even in 1993, Charles still used only a plug-in calculator circa 1970, with blue keys the size of dimes, very rugged keys, which was indeed fortunate given the pounding he would give it when reproducing calculations by hand that some state-of-the-art mainframe, the pride of IBM and the size of a refrigerator, had no doubt taken many minutes to complete in some sealed room.

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Upon leaving the U.S. these weapons would likely have been itemized down to the number of bullets, then sealed in a room or locker to which only the captain had access.

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Others fear that a house business committee would amount to no more than the same old backroom dealing, but clothed with a little extra legitimacy because a few establishment grandees had been in the room when it was sealed.

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At certain points during the screening I attended, when the action was interrupted by major eruptions of information, a sealed chamber under partial vacuum might have described the screening room.

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Their specially concocted menu, named Backstage, is served in the main room, where the centrepiece is a bar piled high with scaffolding that serves cocktails in sealed bags with rubber ducks floating inside.

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When we went into deliberation in the jury room we not only had all the physical evidence of everything that was presented, but we also had sealed source code in its entirety from both sides, we actually had the memos that were talked about in the trial... and there was a piece of evidence after a piece of evidence that just clearly stacked up.

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