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1.126), it would appear that Duke Orsino was not fully aware of what was befalling him when he admitted to Olivia that “I partly know the instrument that screws me.”
The News of the Screws (News of the World).
For 36 years, the United States has resolutely tightened the screws on trade with Cuba in an effort to topple Castro's regime.
who enters into this mephistophelian pact has a few screws loose.
Posterior stabilization with translaminar screws was described by Montesano and Magerl et al [ 5 ] . Although the stability achieved by stand-alone translaminar or transfacetal screw fixation is less rigid compared to pedicle screw-rod instrumentations [ 20 ] , most investigators suggested that translaminar screws provide sufficient stability in all directions, when combined with anterior column support [ 17 21 ] .