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axle grease

A popular term for hardened, unprocessed palm oil that has been transformed into a substance used in food products, which has been fancifully likened to grease used on cars.
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Equally confrontationally, Nari Ward's humongous hearse covered in axle grease and nestled on a bed of discarded mufflers is parked right in front of the elevators, announcing a fairly raucous pageant that careens from Nancy Rubins' preposterous ceiling cloud of roped-together mattresses stuffed with cakes, to the psychedelic lunacy of Peter Saul and Alan Turner, to Nicole Eisenman's wall installation, which bumps and grinds into gear with a mind-boggling array of drawings and doodads and stuff.
1995 Biennial
Yes, I'm talking about mail such as the letter to your daughter that looked as if it might have come from the boy you banned from the house after you found out that he was the recording secretary of the local outlaw motorcycle gang-- that envelope that seemed to have axle grease smudges in the corner and showed indications of having been addressed by someone who thinks the word "street' begins with a c.
Uncivil liberties
Back in 2003 Ollie Bray won the Irish Oaks with Axle Grease and on Friday he won the [euro]3,500 Puppy Derby Plate final with that bitch's son, Royal Scholar.
Rutht o wrapu p Lukea fterP uppy Derby success
MARK Kay is up to his ears in axle grease and engine oil - and he's never been happier.
JOB DEAL'S ON WHEELS; Blair plan helps Mark make it as a mechanic
In one sense, the sole purpose of these works is to "house" grease: thick, brown-black, automotive axle grease that has a tendency to migrate and contaminate everything in its wake.
Terry Atkinson
Axle Grease was similarly twice a finalist in the Irish Oaks, scoring at the second time of asking in 2003.
Longevity the key to Warrior success; BREEDING LINES
Residents in blocks of flats in School Drive and School Avenue in the Seaton area of Aberdeen have resorted to putting axle grease on their drainpipes.
GREASY POLE-AXED; OAPs could be sued over bid to foil thieves
Ironically, it was Ireland where Johnson first came to prominence through the exploits of One Yard, who finished third to Axle Grease in the 2003 Irish Oaks, before his involvement in the high-profile purchase of Hee Haws Barney by Terry and Jason Dawkins in 2005 ensured his name remained in the public eye.
NEWS IN BRIEF: Johnson selling up
There are as many engineering applications as there are new ideas, and the definition extends from working with axle grease to silicon chip technology.
Sky's the limit
Granddam Fees Chance, a prolific dam of such winners as Axle Grease (Irish Oaks) and Lodgeview Chance (Midland Gold Cup), both by Top Honcho, was half-sister to Some Picture (Slaneyside Hare-Spring Season), hero of the 1997 English Derby and sixth in the Irish version.
Dog Racing: BREEDING LINES; Six runners line up in tomorrow's Paddy Power Irish Derby final with not only a EUR175,000 first prize up for grabs, but also a potentially lucrative stud career ahead. PR Saward examines their backgrounds
The EastEnder who plays mechanic Phil Mitchell, may have a Cockney accent as thick as a tub of axle grease, but he's half Scots and proud of it.
I'M A REEL SCOT
A son of Spiral Nikita and Oaks heroine Axle Grease, Royal Warrior has brilliant early pace and, being inside Gas Magee, he could grab the decisive advantage around the opening bend.
Dog Racing: Warrior ready to win Lifford battle; IRISH NEWS
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