Word: boxful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...despite its striking looks (compared with a dusty box fan fished out of the basement, the Dyson product could pass for sculpture) and gracious soundlessness (the machine emits a gentle hiss, no louder than the air conditioner in your car), it's hard to see how the new fan is a functional improvement over age-old models. While Dyson's past inventions - such as the bagless vac and the ultra-high-speed hand dryer - significantly enhanced the performance of those devices, the Air Multiplier doesn't exactly make a quantum leap in terms of its primary function, cooling...
...disappearance of 6-year-old Falcon Heene - which authorities now believe was a hoax - the playful site featured question marks next to a picture of a bird (a falcon, naturally) and was updated twice more as the story developed. It later depicted a falcon poking out from a cardboard box, where the boy was found hiding in the Heenes' attic. Within 24 hours, the site had been viewed by more than 23,000 people...
...just three minutes into the second half, the Crimson had its lead. Rogers picked up the ball on the left and cut into the middle before playing it through to Akpan in the middle of the box. Fourteen yards out with his back to goal, Akpan turned his defender and fired a quick shot with his left foot that beat Grandstrand. Upon scoring, Akpan ran to his bench to share the moment with his teammates...
...soon turned to dejection, as Omosegbon was sent off in the 56th minute for a foul on Grandstrand. Omosegbon, trying to dribble the ball into the box, took a heavy touch that ran through to Grandstrand. Perhaps frustrated with his poor touch, the sophomore defender decided not to pull out of a tackle on Grandstrand—and paid the penalty...
...morning shows' turn to ask what had really happened, Falcon left the screen to go be sick; eventually he vomited on camera on Good Morning America. Richard, insisting this was no hoax, on Oct. 17 announced he would only answer questions submitted in writing and left in a cardboard box outside his home. It turns out that he and his wife had met at the Lee Strasberg acting school in Los Angeles. ABC News quoted his former business partner Barbara Slusser saying that he often put his kids in harm's way: "The last straw for us," she said...