Word: carpets
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...aberrant proteins found on malignant cells, for instance--and map the locations and shapes of tumors. If engineered to carry drugs or genes, the sensors could treat cancers one cell at a time, attacking malignant cells but leaving healthy ones unharmed. The result: an end to the pharmaceutical carpet bombing we call chemotherapy, not to mention its attendant miseries...
...omnipotent loudspeaker announces that there's going to be a special 6:15 flight. I jump off the carpet with the energy of a deprived mouse at the sight of Swiss cheese. They direct us to a waiting area and our eyes feast upon the sight of chairs. Right angles and cheap leather never looked this good. I borrow a cell phone and call my mom. We were both expecting me to be safely lodged in Wigglesworth Hall at this time. She nearly drops a pot of boiling water when I tell her that I'm still at LaGuardia...
...capture 5% of the audience. Whereas for the Big Two, clever is dangerous. You can inadvertently alienate important sectors of the electorate (for instance, the stupid) or come off as slick and dishonest. Since Watergate, ads have been much more straightforward--and artless. When the media landscape is carpet-bombed with ugly, blaring ads, perhaps every ad, regardless of its content, becomes a negative...
...heroes are crime-scene investigators (CSIs), forensic scientists who use high-tech tools to nab crooks. The show has a certain Vegas-y rock-'n'-roll sleaze appeal, but underneath it all, CSI is the geek Quincy, in which the true stars are the nail clippings, computer records, carpet fibers and above all DNA, performing like clockwork the same magic that they didn't on Simpson...
AUSTIN--The red carpet was laid out in front of the Texas State capitol building. But Texas Gov. George W. Bush never got his chance to walk on it as the 43rd President of the United States...