nit

[ US /ˈnɪt/ ]
[ UK /nˈɪt/ ]

NOUN

egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothing
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source

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The unit can connect to any video source that has composite video and stereo audio RCA jacks, though the encoded audio is limited to mono.
It is recognised as a crime against humanity under international law.
It is by these special touches that the author infuses the books with the spirit of humanity, without which a fantasy becomes an empty fancy.
In the forecabins, the head and shower is located forward and has a large mirrored vanity with ample storage below.
The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
The school has a very good relationship with the community.
Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?

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