Word: mannequin
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...looks were those of a fashion model, and she might have seemed as bloodless as a mannequin if it had not been for a striking coolness of manner, which may have been nothing more than the defensiveness of a young woman so myopic that she could not read the expressions of those around her. She was rich, however, and it showed. Her face was not closed or insolent; it was simply the face of someone who did not need the job and did not need to impress anyone...
...cardiopulmonary resuscitation disc, developed by the American Heart Association to instruct trainees in saving cardiac arrest victims, is so interactive that it practically cries "Ouch!" The disc is linked to a mannequin equipped with 14 sensors, and it tells the trainee exactly where to push, pound, pinch or pummel. Instructing the trainee how to compress the victim's chest, the videodisc might say, "Find the notch on the sternum," or perhaps, "A little more gently this time." At the course's conclusion, the system gives a complete exam, grades it, and can certify the student in cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
...mind, signifying alienation, dreaming and loss. Its elements are so well known by now that they fall into place as soon as they are named, like jigsaw pieces worn by being assembled over and over again: the arcades, the tower, the piazza, the shadows, the statue, the train, the mannequin...
...have been mailed in from another planet and directed by the spirit of the living dead, they are with out any emotional charge. And since Krige has proved herself a performer of range and spirit in Chariots of Fire, the failure to employ her as something more than a mannequin is particularly galling...
...examiners from the coroner's office testified that Settles' injuries were consistent with hanging. They were supported by a videotaped re-enactment of the hanging, using a mannequin. But one of them, Dr. Ronald Kornblum, acknowledged that a choke hold can cause death by asphyxiation and leave the same internal and external signs that appear in a hanging death...