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levelInstrument for finding horizontal level, or adjusting a surface to an even level, used in surveying, building construction, and archaeology. It has a glass tube of coloured liquid, in which a bubble is trapped, mounted in an elongated frame. When the tube is horizontal, the bubble moves to the centre. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In navigating these amalgamations of old and new at MoMA, one felt quite like Jake in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises when he arrives in Pamplona along 'the road slanting up steeply and dustily with shade-trees on both sides, and then levelling out through the new part of town they are building up outside the old walls. He echoed the words of the Pope when he said that reconciliation "is not a levelling out of the traditions, customs and habits of all the faithful that is sought," but living "in common the person of the one, unique and unchanging Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. While a lot of weighing, measuring and assessing has taken place, there has been little improvement in the health of Aboriginal children in that age group, with many continuing to have significant weight loss or levelling out of weight at weaning. |
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