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Page 266
... minutes and each minute into seconds . As no one knows quite how long a second is no one can judge a minute , except rather over - confidently if challenged ; the smallest known unit of time is therefore the time it takes to boil an egg ...
... minutes and each minute into seconds . As no one knows quite how long a second is no one can judge a minute , except rather over - confidently if challenged ; the smallest known unit of time is therefore the time it takes to boil an egg ...
Page 279
... minutes a day . When he first bought the watch he was delighted . On the second day he was ten whole minutes in hand . He said it was amazing what a feeling of leisure it gave him . After twelve days he was one hour to the good . I do ...
... minutes a day . When he first bought the watch he was delighted . On the second day he was ten whole minutes in hand . He said it was amazing what a feeling of leisure it gave him . After twelve days he was one hour to the good . I do ...
Page 509
... minutes the group broke up . It appeared that the particular bit of kerb selected for the meeting was the pitch of an old news- paper - seller . As soon as he came along with his Final Night edition the speculators paid their pennies ...
... minutes the group broke up . It appeared that the particular bit of kerb selected for the meeting was the pitch of an old news- paper - seller . As soon as he came along with his Final Night edition the speculators paid their pennies ...
Contents
Commercial Godmother The | 11 |
Cupboard of Contention Mother | 105 |
bids farewell to 1945 | 112 |
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