Word: armfuls
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Here's how the Slugbot works: a lawn mower-size machine with a long arm shines red light on the ground to identify a shiny, sluglike object, then analyzes its shape. When it finds a slug, it picks it up and drops it in a hopper. Bacteria inside the robot eat the slimy critters--a process that releases electrons that can be captured and, in theory, keep the bot's batteries perpetually charged...
...left the bookstore in the early hours of the morning, I pondered why I now had a pair of Harry Potter glasses in my purse and a lightning bolt on my arm (in defense of my sanity, I did not go so far as to put it on my forehead). I also walked out with a copy of the new, much-hyped fourth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I had purchased the book partly because a cousin of mine was desperately counting on me to get it for her, but something else...
...Maasdorp] has a very unique style which is exciting and fun to watch," Zacarian said. "It seems like her stick is an extension of her body, like another arm. She has such great control of the ball and her experience with the game is so apparent. It's really great to see that intelligence on the field., that player's intelligence you can really only get with experience...
...strength of timely defense and the arm of five-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens, the Yankees were able to squeak by the D-Backs in Game...
...shore up its place as a crucial element of the U.S.-led military strike against the Taliban and, as important, a power player in any post-Taliban government in Afghanistan. From the start of the campaign, the U.S. has kept the Alliance, still the recognized government of Afghanistan, at arm's length. Knowing they needed the rebels' experience fighting the Taliban on its own terrain, the Americans promised logistical and material support, and seemed willing to factor in the Alliance in efforts to cobble together a post-Taliban government. But the U.S. shied away from fully embracing the Alliance...