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Missive

missive

1. Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

2. Missile. The missive weapons fly. letters missive, letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They are addressed and sent to some certain person or persons, and are distinguished from letters patent, which are addressed to the public.

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The Fiber Disease

... then you should do this, sooner rather than later, as this is but the first step in the strategy. Timing is everything, and such a sharp short missive will not take long to write and post. If I say that such a preliminary letter should ideally contain certain information, but that it should ...

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Fri May 26, 2006 2:31 pm
 
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... of a cloned and quorum seeking cyanobacteria, and that you demanded intervention! You also posted the rather unsurprising (to that confusing missive) stated response, viz. no action! Then, many many weeks after that, you state on this site that you are unsure of what the term 'stray target' ...

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Mon May 22, 2006 8:13 pm
 
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