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  • I know I'm tired of taking off my shoes for the X-ray machine, having to buy water from the newsstand vendors at anywhere from two to five times the cost of gasoline, and having to segregate my "semi-liquid" carry-on items you know, our chocolate C4 pudding cups and squeezeable primacord diaper creme for the kids into zip-lock baggies for proper pre-flight inspection.

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  • Both men gasped -- and then both exploded like one twelve-inch length of primacord.

    Masters of Space Robert Lee [Illustrator] Berry 1925

  • But first, Summer gets to ask Jeffrey about the production side of detonating Kosh's helmet in "Falling Towards Apotheosis", and we learn about the dangers of using too much primacord on a television set.

    The Babylon Podcast » Shows 2009

  • The dynamite was need to release the explosive power to the ammonium nitrate, the primacord, with an electric blasting cap was used to set off the chain of explosions, the mountain heaved, and settled back in a cloud of dust, broken and twisted.

    NC Media Watch 2008

  • Plus, three boxes of electric blasting caps and 250 feet of primacord.

    NC Media Watch 2008

  • Plus, three boxes of electric blasting caps and 250 feet of primacord.

    NC Media Watch 2008

  • The dynamite was need to release the explosive power to the ammonium nitrate, the primacord, with an electric blasting cap was used to set off the chain of explosions, the mountain heaved, and settled back in a cloud of dust, broken and twisted.

    NC Media Watch 2008

  • Each hole was linked by primacord which was ignited with an electric blasting cap.

    NC Media Watch 2008

  • Each hole was linked by primacord which was ignited with an electric blasting cap.

    NC Media Watch 2008

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