Word: flips
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...robotic arm to lift the 28-foot Destiny module from the shuttle's payload bay and move it into position on the space-station. Ivins will have only about two inches of clearance as she lifts the silver cylinder from its berth, then she has to rotate it, flip it over 180 degrees and put it in its place. Once that's done, she retrieves a docking port from where she previously parked it and puts it on Destiny's free end. Most of this she has to do without any direct line of sight, relying on video feeds...
Teenagers have always gone to extremes to be cool, but until now they haven't actually risked frostbite. That changed this winter as teens throughout the frigid Northeast and blustery Midwest began sporting flip-flops and open-toed sandals on even the snowiest of days. The trend has gone international too: Britain's Prince William was spotted wearing flip-flops on a recent cold winter...
...more or less prone to do just that. Most cars received top marks on that count--4 or 5 (out of 5) stars. SUVswere lucky to get three stars, and most, like the much maligned Explorer, received only two, which means a 30%-to-40% risk that they will flip in the event of a crisis on the road...
...NHTSA ratings aren't a comprehensive measure of a vehicle's tendency to flip--or a complete indicator of safety either. True, single-vehicle rollovers cause more fatalities than any other accident (a quarter of the roughly 40,000 deaths yearly). But in other crash statistics, like those for front or side collisions, SUVs are safer than cars. And they provide a commanding view, which is partly why SUVsremain the fastest-growing segment of the market, and the Explorer the most popular...
This trend is the logical flip side to bringing your home into the office, a movement I was a proud pioneer in as early as 1990, when I routinely and unapologetically phoned the plumber from work. Now, as workplace tools like beepers, pagers and e-mail make an inevitable incursion into your life, you can harness their usefulness in the home too. If you keep a calendar for work on your Palm, cannibalize the idea to create a master family calendar to keep track of soccer games and piano lessons. Give colleagues and teachers a single e-mail address...