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press1 1. any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed 2. Weightlifting a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head press2 recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang press [pres] (mechanical engineering) Any of various machines by which pressure is applied to a workpiece, by which a material is cut or shaped under pressure, by which a substance is compressed, or by which liquid is expressed. 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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| It has already been noted in the military press that the delivery of massive air strikes against Iraq (1991) was accompanied by the electronic suppression of the adversary's radio frequency radiation (RFR) facilities. According to him, 'there are two kinds of forward reporters: the official embeds with units on the ground in Iraq, who know only the details of the action they see, and those posted to military press centres in Kuwait or Qatar who know only what they are told'. Kurt Berends's "Wholesome Reading Purifies and Elevates the Man: The Religious Military Press in the Confederacy" and David Stowell's "Stonewall Jackson and the Providence of God" present compelling arguments and advance novel ideas on religious life during the war. |
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