Word: armfuls
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...quantum leap forward in energy efficiency, the improvements necessary to significantly shrink the country’s carbon footprint would involve fundamental adjustments in how we lead our lives. So these conscientious entrepreneurs took it upon themselves to deliver a quantum leap forward. Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org promised to produce enough energy to power a city the size of San Francisco, one gigawatt, in the coming years, according to the New York Times. They have teamed with two firms to develop solar energy based on heat generation—which has the potential for greater energy production...
...treatments, such as chemotherapy, to treat metastatic disease, and has often been used to treat solid metastatic tumors most commonly found in the lungs, liver, spine and brain. And the technology is continually evolving. The company's Synchrony program allows doctors to irradiate lung tumors by synchronizing the robotic arm with the rise and fall of a patient's breathing. Says Thomson: "Our dream is that we'll make radiosurgery an option for every cancer patient...
...Investments by SWFs can be politically risky, too. In 2006, Temasek Holdings, an investment arm of the Singapore government, bought Shin Corp., Thailand's major telecommunications company, for $3.8 billion from the family of Thaksin Shinawatra, who at the time was Thailand's Prime Minister. Public outrage in Thailand over the sale of what was considered an important national asset to a Southeast Asia rival contributed to Thaksin's ouster as Prime Minister in a military coup in September...
...Asia Injury Prevention Foundation is taking a different tack, promoting helmets as fashion items. The group's commercial arm, Protec, manufactures special "tropical" helmets with air vents, floral designs and racing stripes. Miss Vietnam 2006, Mai Phuong Thuy, has joined the campaign, posing for promotional posters wearing a Protechelmet with a stained-glass motif. Recently, street-side helmet stands have popped up on virtually every corner...
...over the biggies. Down 7 for first time ages, 46-39. Note: Housman leading the team in points AND boards, 16 and 5. 15:45: Housman amazing steal, pass to Lin, to Pusar, 5 point game, 46-41. 15:22: Harris goes up for the block, but gets arm, Baan to the line to score for first time since middle of first half. First, good, Second, good. 48-41, back up to seven. 15:10: Quirky play: housman hits bucket, but it goes off the topp fo the backboard, leading the "neck" to makes its first major appearance to night...