Word: brushed
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...molded so smooth it is almost sensuous, and it takes dyes like silk. German design firms Authentics and Koziol have made much hay out of plastic's new pizazz. Koziol's spaghetti forks with a smiley face, ice-cream scoops with eyes and the "Tim" dish brush with legs are some of more than 300 "cutensils," as they're known, that flew off shelves of American stores last year...
...Technology already devised a method to brush away the radio waves and bypass brain cell mutation. For cell phone addicts everywhere, profit-hungry companies have not missed a beat. To combat this medical finding and loss of sales, auxiliary earpiece/headsets accompany most new cellular models. With this little ear-piece in place the phone can be stored in a pocket away from the ear and head area thus reducing the talkers' interaction with killer radio waves...
...Jiang Zemin took the entire page," Hunt says. "He said, would we mind if he used a brush. His signature looked like calligraphy in Chinese...
Just imagine: students could brainstorm ideas in first-year proctor meetings, and they could brush up their business plans in Expository Writing class. Sophomore year, in between tutorial meetings, they could stop by the TECH to pour over venture capital directories, looking for the perfect strategic investor. Junior year would be the time for product development. At Commencement, every successful senior would be handed an honorary stock certificate in recognition of his or her achievements, along with the more traditional scholastic diploma. Oh, what a wonderful world it would...
...vitally important that we understand and accept that all societies and eras had flaws, just as in contemporary America there is much that does not accord with our highest principles. The best memorial to the sufferings of the past is not to tar history with a broad brush but to strive to understand the complex nature of the societies that perpetrated wrong...