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  • Critics argue that risk-based standards as currently applied by the nuclear industry and those who regulate it have become a "single-edged sword," cutting in only one direction: Lowering margins of safety through relaxed regulations and enforcement.

    The Center for Public Integrity: Nuclear miscalculation: Why regulators miss power plant threats from quakes and storms The Center for Public Integrity 2011

  • Those hands now drew a final item from behind his back—a clear crystalline single-edged knife with a wide pommel.

    The Codex Continual » “The Warlock’s Revenge”—An Excerpt 2008

  • Their swords were long, single-edged, and curved, made for vigorous slashing, in contrast with Doris straight double-edged sword.

    Labor Policy John Dermot Woods 2010

  • They carried machine guns and the traditional long, single-edged machetes known as bolo knives.

    Jihadists in Paradise 2007

  • They carried machine guns and the traditional long, single-edged machetes known as bolo knives.

    Jihadists in Paradise 2007

  • They carried machine guns and the traditional long, single-edged machetes known as bolo knives.

    Jihadists in Paradise 2007

  • Her jewelry, which included a large shield-shaped pendant, the layout and location of the cemetery as well as excavated weaponry, such as knives and a fine langseax a single-edged Anglo-Saxon sword, lead the scientists to believe she might have been a member of royalty who led a pagan cult at a time when Christianity was just starting to take root in the region.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

  • For old paint, scrape it with a single-edged razor, holding the razor at an angle to avoid scratching the glass.

    Tip of the day: How to clean windows 2007

  • For old paint, scrape it with a single-edged razor, holding the razor at an angle to avoid scratching the glass.

    Tip of the day: How to clean windows 2007

  • The gown was belted with a woven silver rope, and a slightly curved, single-edged knife of some dark, glassy material hung at an angle through it.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

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