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254 words, approx. 1 pages Scissors were an early development in hand tools, probably originating about 1500 B.C., using blades connected by a C-shaped spring at the handle end. In ancient Egypt, people used scissors to cut silhouettes, and turned this into high art. Various...
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Scissors
61 words, approx. 1 pages Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the...
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1,724 words, approx. 6 pages
 Scissors are types of tools used for cutting thin material which requires little force. They are used for cutting, for example: paper, cardboard, metal foil, thin plastic, food, cloth, rope, and wire. Scissors can also be used to cut hair. Unlike a...




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Packing Scissors
12/04/2005: 313 words, approx. 1 pages LAST SUMMER, when he announced the suspension of the much-hated rule forcing passengers to stay seated for the last 30 minutes of airline flights coming into Reagan National Airport, we complimented Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff for his pragmatism. Friday's announcement that the Transportation...
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 The Village Voice
Running With Scissors
10/18/2006: 629 words, approx. 2 pages Running With Scissors Written and directed by Ryan Murphy Sony, opens October 20 Scissor Sister Coming of age and coming out in the 'Me' decade BY ROB NELSON 'I guess it doesn't matter where I begin," reasons the...
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Rock, Paper, Scissors Championship nears
10/9/2007: 551 words, approx. 2 pages It's that time of year again, when paper envelops rocks, scissors splice paper and rocks make mince meat of scissors. Yes, it's the World Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships.The annual contest will be held Saturday in Toronto, where a highly eccentric group of competitors will descend...
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Family settles with `Scissors' author
8/30/2007: 507 words, approx. 2 pages A family that claimed they were defamed in the best-selling book "Running with Scissors" has settled a lawsuit against the writer and his publisher.Author Augusten Burroughs and publisher St. Martin's Press agreed to call the work a "book" instead of "memoirs," in the author's note...


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