Word: containers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this adds up to an overwhelming amount of work, especially for one person in just a little more than a month. The final circuit is sure to contain thousands of transistors, and fitting and wiring up all these tiny devices often turns out to be the designer's biggest headache...
Typically vitamin E supplements and multi-vitamins such as those sold at drug stores contain 100 to 400 international units of the nutrient. This is far more than the average daily intake of the vitamin, usually about 10 to 15 units, Rimm said...
Only a few foods, such as nuts, seeds, and whole grains, contain even significant amounts of vitamin E. Beta-carotenes can be found in large amounts in carrots...
...ancient water hole called Taima-Taima in northern Venezuela became the deathbed of a young mastodon -- killed, apparently, by some of the first Americans. The site, excavated by Alan Bryan and Ruth Gruhn of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, appeared to contain 13,000-year-old mastodon bones, one of them embedded with a pointed stone projectile. Mixed in were stone tools and rounded pebbles that could have been made only by humans. Some archaeologists, however, believe the artifacts found at Taima-Taima became interspersed with the mastodon bones as the water level in the hole rose...
...lineup card comes fully equipped with a perfect square destined to contain each player's position. Batters also, in fact, must field. I should qualify that. Batters like, say, Cecil Fielder, play defense in their spare time. Certain natural fielders, though they are not Fielders, are also granted one of those nine vaunted spots on a lineup card. For ten years, Cal Ripken Jr. has held his spot at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles...