Subsisting on a diet of bathroom water I could tolerate, but a diet of manilla envelopes and elastic bands I could not. |
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Today we had the conditions for which Manilla is known, with every pilot getting some airtime and plenty of happy faces tonight. |
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This is not the case certainly with the fine ropes of Manilla hemp, which, though stronger than the best Russian hemp, are almost useless when worn out. |
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The outer covering was composed of six strands of Manilla hemp, through each of which ran a galvanised iron wire. |
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The Manilla Galleons shipped goods from all over Asia across the Pacific to Acapulco on the coast of Mexico. |
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The most serious incident occurred in December when Elvis, a male Visayan warty pig, attacked his partner Manilla, who had just given birth to a piglet, killing both. |
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Paragliding 2005 World Cup winner Ewa Wis-nierska, aged 35, was lifted 32,612 feet above sea level by a storm near Manilla in New South Wales state. |
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