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"ref": "1983, Belvoir Research and Development Center (U.S.), Historical Review, page 34",
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"ref": "1988, Plumbing Engineer - Volume 16, page 52",
"text": "The complete jacket is a lamination of kraft paper, fiberglass cloth (skrim) and either aluminum foil or metalized film.",
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"ref": "2000, RIBA Journal - Volume 107, page 39",
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"ref": "1950, Illinois Education - Volumes 39-40, page 121",
"text": "AN IDEA for achieving a dramatic feet in some of your school plays at Christmas or other time's is a skrim curtain such as that used in the Northern Illinois State Teachers College production, \"It is Written in the Code.\"",
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"ref": "1974, Dick Poston, There Goes The Old Ball Game, page 1",
"text": "JOEY tosses the fallen rope into the wings and examines the curtain. lt is a painted skrim and across its center is the large, lettered sign, \"ASBESTOS.\"",
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"ref": "1991, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 1500.",
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"ref": "1974, Dick Poston, There Goes The Old Ball Game, page 1",
"text": "JOEY tosses the fallen rope into the wings and examines the curtain. lt is a painted skrim and across its center is the large, lettered sign, \"ASBESTOS.\"",
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