Word: lasered
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...preoccupation throughout the book, with frequent asides on the exact menu of prison meals, as well as coveted snacks and sweets. Hanawa also introduces memorable characters, such as the Momma's boy, a neatnick who "holds the soap dish with his pinky extended." Hanawa recreates this alien world with laser-like detail, bringing us right into the very mindset of a prisoner. Astonishingly, he has done so completely from memory, having been prevented from drawing while in prison. Displaying the greatest artistic versatility of the nouvelle manga group, Hanawa moves from sharp realism to dramatic expressionism. In one sequence, Hanawa...
...dusty sofa beside the shipping container where one of their number lives, the young men pass the wine and play with the red-laser sight of a Glock pistol. Yehoshafat lights another cheap cigarette, combing his long, square beard with dirty fingers and pulling his big, knitted yarmulke down to his eyes. Yair eats a slice of barbecued lamb with his hands. Elisha points through the silent darkness to the lights of nearby Israeli settlements and tells the story of King David's meeting with his wife Avigail in the valley below. The hilltop, settled by a few youngsters...
...Crimson’s doublehanded sailing had struggled in previous weeks, as Johnson, Devlin, Kovacs and Tulloch had sailed Laser dinghies, preparing for and competing in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association singlehanded championships. The end of the singlehanded season allowed the four to return to shore up the doublehanded program...
...IAEA is also investigating an experiment carried out in 2000 at a sophisticated lab on KAERI's sprawling campus south of Seoul. Earlier this year, after South Korea ratified a new protocol giving the IAEA broader inspection powers, Seoul told the agency that scientists at the institute had used lasers to enrich uranium. Uranium used in fuel rods is lightly enriched, usually less than 5%. During the 2000 experiment, however, researchers produced uranium that was 77% enriched, or nearly weapons grade. Seoul characterized the laser experiment as independent research carried out by curious scientists who then neglected to report...
With only a week remaining until the Singlehanded National Championships, the Harvard sailing team’s sophomore Clay Johnson and freshman Kyle Kovacs pitted themselves against some of the best competition collegiate Laser sailing had to offer. With second- and third-place finishes in their respective divisions, the Crimson’s singlehanded sailors passed muster, leading the Crimson to eighth in a 20-team field at the Navy Fall Intersectional last weekend...