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WHEEL. The punishment of the wheel was formerly to put a criminal on a wheel, and then to break his bones until he expired. This barbarous punishment was never used in the United States, and it has been abolished in almost every civilized country. |
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Cut -- a multimillion dollar project that transformed the original old-fashioned, tiered dining room into a zingy, still-tiered, mod facility featuring a glass-enclosed view kitchen, light wood furnishings (tables sans linen) and wonderfully comfortable wheelless, office-style chairs -- has Ari Rosenson as chef de cuisine and Darren McGraw as pastry chef. An autoclave for vulcanizing rubber hose features the company's patented Rapidoor vertical lift, quick-access closure and a mechanism for wheelless, external cart-loading. In Besculetes Helytallas (Honorable reliability, 1992), a huge wheelless toy truck "stands" suspended, immovable, unusable. |
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