Word: looks
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...book machine is well worth a look: It actually comprises two machines. One resembles an industrial-sized copier, and the other reminds me of that baroque execution device from Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony.” A transparent casing surrounds the latter half, affording a view of the various gears, clamps, trays, and rollers in action...
...jacket. Two blades, regrettably obscured from view, thresh off the book’s edges until it is cut to size. Finally, the finished product is deposited, like a bottle of soda from a vending machine, into a compartment near the bottom. Apart from their unadorned covers, the books look and feel indistinguishable from those on the shelves...
...nation’s engineers will get us there. The time, energy, resources, and knowledge expended on the moon program will inevitably have significant payoffs in the math and science sectors of America. The Ares rocket represents a remarkable American engineering marvel, the first of what look like many to come in the 21st century...
...think the most common misconceptions are about the motivations of suicide bombers? We tend to assume that they act out of personal despair, rage, hatred, belief in paradise or having been brainwashed. We also assume that their actions are completely irrational and destructive. What we need to look at, in order to correct these misconceptions, is the martyr's discourse and the rituals that surround religiously sanctioned suicide terror...
...similar threat. And if those conditions do not exist, Iran, as well, is no threat. It is not enough that religion plays a major role in the national character. There needs to be a breakdown of central authority. When the center weakens and a number of smaller religious groups look to establish a new order of things, then you have the greatest threat. Pakistan is the most likely candidate for this sort of dynamic. Neither Iran nor Israel are remotely on the verge of losing centralized authority as is Pakistan...