Word: blows
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...think we will almost certainly see hundreds if not thousands of pieces of tracked debris," says Mark Matney, an orbital-debris scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center. "It all depends on how efficient the impact was. Was it a glancing blow or a full body...
...debt it creates." Hearing the outlines of this conspiracy, today's viewer feels almost nostalgic, since it's a nightmare scenario from the first years of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Who knew, back in the recent, relatively soothing past, that the bankers could deliver a more lethal blow to the world economy without a shot being fired - just by bundling toxic mortgages...
...which both camps agree: when you're setting up your study, it matters a great deal whether subjects know they're being prayed for. Give them even a hint as to whether they're in the prayer group or a control group and the famed placebo effect can blow your data to bits...
...after thanksgiving, my TiVo died. Because it doubles as my cable box, this meant that for the week it took to get a replacement, my TV was dead as well. This would be a tragic circumstance for most Americans. But for a TV critic, it was a blow to my livelihood. I was like a cotton farmer after a weevil infestation. I was cut off from the main pipeline of American media life...
...rightward tilt is a blow to President Obama's hopes that a new Israeli government might be willing to make peace with the Palestinians and various Arab neighbors. Netanyahu and Lieberman are pushing for the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which Palestinians say is a main obstacle to peace, and they are adamant that Israel should hang on to the Golan Heights, which was seized from Syria in the 1967 war. Netanyahu and Lieberman also say the army ought to return to Gaza and wipe out Hamas. During the campaign, Netanyahu said, "There will be no alternative...