Word: lasering
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...diversions in an age of addictive entertainment is one of Wallace's big themes. His variations sometimes come from stock dystopian fiction. But his drug scenes at a detox center have the bumpy rhythms and details that suggests reality rather than fantasy: "Tiny Ewell, in a blue suit and laser chronometer and tiny shoes whose shine you could read by, is sharing a dirty aluminum ashtray with Nell Gunther, who has a glass eye which she amuses herself by usually wearing so the pupil and iris face in and the dead white and tiny manufacturer's specifications on the back...
After the choir sings, retired hockey legends will face members of the Boston Bruins in the traditional "Heroes of Hockey" game. The night's events also include a laser-light show and contests in which all-stars and other finalists compete...
...What's the pattern here, Cap?" asks Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple, the department's thickset, dandyish crime guru. Using a laser pen, Maple scrawls on an overhead map, tracing robbery patterns the way John Madden diagrams football plays. Maple circles an archipelago of red dots: muggings along Ninth Avenue. "What are you doing to take these guys...
...scope is extraordinary, ranging over $1 trillion worth of products, from breast implants to orange juice. In one 10-day period last month the agency approved a new aids drug, issued new rules on seafood safety, approved the first treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease and banned nighttime laser shows in Las Vegas...
...Vegas Strip just lost some of its luster. After a number of close calls, including an October 30 incident in which a co-pilot had to take the controls from a temporarily blinded pilot, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered Las Vegas casinos to shut down their nightly laser light shows over the city. The FDA, which regulates lasers because of their use as medical devices, made the order in response to complaints from pilots who have been momentarily blinded as light beams flash through their cockpits. The problem has accelerated in the past two years as a number...