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• Copper occurs in nature mixed with other minerals and valuable metals in ore, and the proportion of copper in the ore can vary considerably.
  Until fairly recently, the only way to extract pure copper from ore was by using a process that requires large amounts of electric energy, especially if the proportion of copper in the ore is low....
• Give us a copper, Guv" said the beggar to the Treasury statistician, when he waylaid him in Parliament square.
  I haven't eaten for three days." "Ah," said the statistician, "And how does that compare with the same period last year?...
• INDECISION, n. The chief element of success; "for wherea
  aith Sir Thomas Brewbold, "there is but one way to do nothing and divers way to do something, whereof, to a surety, only one is the right way, it followeth that he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many chances of going astray as he who pusheth forwards" -- a most clear and satisfactory exposition on the matter....
• When the lord said "Let the Earth Bring Forth Grass" -- He did not mean football parks.
• Florence Flask was ... dressing for the opera when she turned to her husband and screamed, "Erlenmeyer!
  My joules! Someone has stolen my joules!" "Now, now, my dear," replied her husband, "keep your balance and reflux a moment....
• Copper nitrate- What policemen get paid for working in the evenings.
• Lord M. What religion is he of? Lord Sp. Why, he is an Anythingarian.
  -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue i...
• I pay my taxes in copper pieces. -- Famous Last Word