Word: kirke
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...engineer, Kirk Evans, developed the machine on site using parts available in Vietnam, while members of Project Vietnam and American neonatologists worked with him on a long-distance basis. In 2002, Evans created a version of CPAP that could be produced and maintained from within Vietnam. The new version costs only $400 to $500 in Vietnam, while CPAP usually costs $6,000 or more in the industrialized world, according to Ringer...
With Tobe perched on the right post, a cross-crease feed to forward Kirk MacDonald on the left doorstep appeared to have the netminder beaten. But, with left pad fully outstretched, Tobe kicked aside the effort to preserve...
...This is a brutally cold movie," Kirk Honeycutt wrote in his Hollywood Reporter review, "where the characters invite our disgust and love feels like a brittle four-letter word.... This is not a movie anyone is going to warm up to." Well, I did. I was warm from the start - not aroused but excited that so much classy conniving was unfolding before my eyes. Here's a movie that's alive at every moment; for me, there was no emotional downtime...
...Xboxes to plastic blocks; sales in Japan and the U.S. have been unexpectedly sluggish; and the company suffers from overcapacity in a low-growth industry. Trying to refocus on its core business, the 72-year-old company is even considering selling such assets as the Legoland parks. CEO Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, grandson of Lego's founder, has had enough. He is handing the reins to Knudstorp, 35, a business economics Ph.D. who has been with Lego for only three years. His charge: to restructure the company and guide it back to profitability. Let the games begin. --By William...
...term Uncivil War nails it. I am afraid of the aftermath of the election. I'm afraid for the future of this country. We must find a sane way through this trial and focus on those fulfilling little moments in life that quietly trump our sometimes desperate fears. MICHAEL KIRK San Bernardino, Calif...