Word: glassing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...motorcycle saddle at his Armadillo Aerospace shop one evening. "It goes on top of the electronic box over here. We did a parking-lot flight a couple of years ago and roughed up one of our earlier vehicles." Not to worry, he says jokingly: there will be a glass top over the saddle seat. At least he sounded as if he was joking. Pixel has made more than 30 unmanned test flights and could begin carrying commercial payloads next year...
...known now," says Rutan, who also points to similarities with the early computer industry, which evolved from the Army's need to improve its ballistics calculations. He and Branson have 100 engineers looking at new technology for both orbital and suborbital flights as well as lunar flybys in a "glass bubble." On Necker, the two men pored over ideas for a plane that would fly orbitally, cutting flying time between New York City and London to 20 min. once in orbit...
...Blanc or the Domaine de la Renjarde Côtes du Rhône Villages, with its earthy berry notes. "What you are tasting is that specific soil, that sun, those grapes," says acclaimed sommelier Sterling Roig. "These wines have an incredible purity about them." Which means that after swirling your glass, you should feel free to look down your nose while sniffing...
...tall young man scans the white sheets taped to the window, then briskly walks away. Another girl lingers, her brow furrowed as her eyes trail down the register. On the other side of the glass, a disappointed student collapses into an armchair, course guide in hand. “Do you think I should e-mail them? Do you think that would help?” he asks his friend, who looks doubtfully back at him. “I guess I’ll have to start all over again,” he mutters, leafing anxiously through...
...many Harvard students to have suffered embarrassment and injury as a result of the sidewalks. Brettman said that she slipped and fell on the intersection of Bow Street and Mt. Auburn Street while carrying a bottle of Snapple. When she fell, it shattered and left a shard of glass lodged in her hand. “You can still see broken glass and blood on the sidewalk,” said Brettman. After calling 911, Brettman was rushed to the Mt. Auburn Hospital emergency room where she received ten stitches. She is scheduled for surgery today for nerve and tendon...