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... floor was running with blood . CONCLUSION The floor must have been slippery . GENERAL PRINCIPLE Slaughterers who keep footing on slippery floors must be in- tensely efficient . SPECIFIC CASE These men keep footing on a slippery floor ...
... floor was running with blood . CONCLUSION The floor must have been slippery . GENERAL PRINCIPLE Slaughterers who keep footing on slippery floors must be in- tensely efficient . SPECIFIC CASE These men keep footing on a slippery floor ...
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... floor . This floor was half an inch deep with blood , in spite of the best efforts of men who kept shovelling it through holes ; it must have made the floor slippery , but no one could have guessed this by watching the men at work ...
... floor . This floor was half an inch deep with blood , in spite of the best efforts of men who kept shovelling it through holes ; it must have made the floor slippery , but no one could have guessed this by watching the men at work ...
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... floor . The floor runs as much as a half- inch deep in blood , despite the men who keep shovelling it through holes ; yet you would not suspect the floor to be slippery , so intently do the men press on at the work . ORIGINAL They ...
... floor . The floor runs as much as a half- inch deep in blood , despite the men who keep shovelling it through holes ; yet you would not suspect the floor to be slippery , so intently do the men press on at the work . ORIGINAL They ...
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