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fleam

[flēm]
(design engineering)
The angle of bevel of the edge of the teeth of a saw with respect to the plane of the blade.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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However, Leat (2007) and Dannis (2008) in their different studies have indicated that this resisting attitude of the trade unions towards the foreign investors started changing since 2000 as this development is being growingly accepted as an imminent and unavoidable phenomenon in most of the growth oriented countries.
The leat is an artificial channel dug out to the side of the main water course, the River Colwyn.
Leat had stepped down last year as chairman of Citigroup Inc's alternative assets group and vice chairman of global banking.
Detective Superintendent Geoff Wessell, of Avon and Somerset Police, said Leat had "preyed on the children" and "abused them in the most sick way".
The videos, in most of which Leat could be seen, showed girls were abused in the school's staff room and a resource room.
Not interested in mailing companies but will consider commercial printer if at leat 50% direct mail.
Anheier (public affairs, UCLA, and London School of Economics) and Leat (CASS Business School, London, UK) argue that current approaches in philanthropy are not effective enough and that foundations in the US, UK, Europe, and Australia need to transform themselves for the twenty-first century.
The former head allegedly extended his daughter Katherine Leat's part-time contract and made her head of drama without consulting governors, he approved a pay rise for his former wife, Susan Wealthall, and dealt personally with her request for paid leave to visit the Holy Land and recruited his son-in-law, Stephen Leat, as a PE instructor without properly assessing his ability to do the job.
Front row: Conor Leat, Ryan Turner, Nial Flanagan, Andy Morris.
Dyslexic readers had the most trouble when asked to identify nonsense words that rhyme, such as "leat" and "jete." Actual words that rhyme, many of which had already been memorized by the dyslexic readers, usually proved less vexing for them.
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