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...disc to protect it. You leave the cover on all the time, even when you play the disc. The laser from the player simply passes through the cover to read the data it needs. And because the d_skin is so thin--it measures just twothousandths of an inch--it will work with any player...
...1920s, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School postulated that markets are bullish when hemlines inch upward. And when a team from the old American Football League beats a National Football League squad in the professional gridiron championship, stocks tend to sour...
Maybe it's the moment when the speeding train screeches to a stop about an inch and a half from your nose. Or possibly it's a much simpler effect--a snowfall that seems to be drifting down on you right there in the theater. Anyway, at some point very early in the 3-D IMAX version of The Polar Express, technology trumps banality and you helplessly surrender to the shock and awe of this big, often thunderous movie. And to a certain pity for the great mass of people obliged to conduct their children to the thousands of theaters...
Bothered by a season-long knee injury last year, Thomas underwent surgery in the offseason, but he’s showed no signs of slowing down this year. He’s most dangerous in the open floor, and the 6’5 Beal must use his four-inch height advantage over Thomas to challenge his drives to the basket...
...regal medieval-style “castle” which dates back to 1891 and is officially known as the Armory of the First Corps of Cadets. Designed to withstand siege, the building features a drawbridge, triple-plate iron doors and flanking turrets that enabled guards to sweep every inch of exterior wall with crossfire...