And this was a man whose doctoral thesis had revolved around the gastrointestinal juices of the vineyard snail.
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South Florida is battling a growing infestation of the giant African land snail.
Now comes a phenomenon that makes compound interest look like a squished snail.
Both key tax forms arrive in January or February, so watch your snail mail.
Certain disclosures are required to be made in writing and sent to consumers via snail mail .
We don't quite get round to fried fish intestines or pond snail curry.
As CPA and Forbes contributor Peter Reilly explains here, emails from the IRS requesting info are clearly phony, since the IRS contacts individual taxpayers by snail mail.
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Wendleton recommends sending duplicate letters via e-mail and snail mail.
Audio Ads also enables advertisers to track when and where their ads ran soon after the fact, providing them with a faster and more accurate way of tracking their spots than the usual invoices they receive via snail mail.
Reach out to past customers via e-mail and letter (Boomers still read snail mail).
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That's when Inspector Gadget goes into action, traveling back and forth across the triple-braided tether at a snail-like .006 mph, all the while using its built-in camera to search for damage caused by radiation, micrometeoroids, and other nasty space stuff.
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During the demonstration, the player egged Milo on to squash a snail in the garden.
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The inertia of banking and insurance customers is legendary, allowing banks and insurers to adopt new technology at a snail's pace.
This allows the crab to insert a large toothlike appendage on its right-hand claw into the opening, thus cracking the snail's shell.
But as with everything around energy policy, notably including the 'race' to win government support for carbon capture and storage, it's proceeding at snail's pace.
Indeed, one of "Turanor's" comparative limitations is its snail-like pace.
Shared with several Welsh trade unions, in the final unhappy few years of the party's time in office in Westminster, work began on a makeover - but proceeded at a snail's pace.
Yet area residents say they've seen no progress since then, while work on a towering bridge nearby, intended to supplement the rickety old one in Dandong, has slowed to a snail's pace.
The city has launched a regulated bus rapid-transit system and has begun work to develop a reliable and affordable urban rail system as part of efforts to sort out its legendary snail-paced traffic.
One of the most sensitive issues in Turkey's political life today is its long-standing application to join the EU. The EU has been moving at a snail's pace regarding the application.
June, for example, saw planned lay-offs hit a 16-month high, with government and large corporations like Merck, Borders, Cisco, Lockheed Martin, and Boston Scientific leading the way. (Read Economy Moving At Snail Speed, ISM, Jobs Report Show).
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While temporary factors such as the incredibly high price of oil and substantial supply chain disruptions are expected to pass, the second half of the year still has to face substantial headwinds as the global economy stalls. (Read Economy Moving At Snail Speed, ISM, Jobs Report Show).
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During the week, ISM numbers showed both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing parts of the economy continue to move forward at the speed of a slug, while the discredited ADP private payroll report showed the private sector adding only 114, 000 jobs in June. (Read Economy Moving At Snail Speed, ISM, Jobs Report Show).
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Mr David Nunn, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Guy's Hospital, London, believes the snail slime could be useful.
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