Word: pencils
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Vanguard rocket that the U.S. hoped to send up that morning was a modest, --pencil-like thing, but in what was already the American fashion, we switched on the TV cameras to let the world watch the show. A show is what they got. The rocket flew for a total of 2 sec.--and traveled 4 ft. (1.2 m)--before eating itself in a fiery explosion. The global hilarity was immediate, but U.S. officials--who had much to learn about the science of rocketry but clearly knew plenty about the art of spin--would have none of it. Asked...
...need helicopters or lights for solar power. That's just crazy and costly," Goggin says. "This would be a permanent part of the bridge and it wouldn't have to be replaced, maintained or touched." Goggin's wireless device, which was recently patented and is the size of a pencil eraser, would attach to each sensor placed on a structure for a cost of 50 cents each. While Farrar says there are several ways to power the sensors and it's still "early on in the game" to say which is best, Goggin says that researchers could use his invention...
...China --in this case, in Wuxi, a city of 4.5 million about 80 miles west of Shanghai. They were sold by Goldcredit International Enterprises, which is based in a gated community called Lakebank Elegant Garden, within sight of China's Taihu Lake. It makes not just toothpaste but also pencil sharpeners and balloons, hand sanitizer and toothbrushes. "What we exported is in line with the Chinese-government standards," Goldcredit business manager Shi Jun says about the toothpaste. Adds manager Hu Keyu: "The Chinese government already issued a statement. What more do you want from...
...market, and H&R Block, which holds most of the rest with its TaxCut suite, according to market-tracker NPD Group - certainly bring in a tidy profit. But many of their customers are perpetual do-it-yourselfers like myself, people who have left behind paper and pencil, not a professional tax preparer. I like to think that I'm a numbers person and would do my own taxes no matter what. But the truth of the matter is, I have a relatively simple tax situation, one of the few advantages of not having much money...
...across her face, as if someone has switched on a spotlight. She's smart, too, likes social studies best, and especially learning about different cultures in far-off lands. Crouched on a mat in a refugee camp on Sri Lanka's east coast, flicking the pages of a schoolbook, pencil by her side, she looks like a normal kid. And then you spot it: Jeevatharsini has no left arm. Through the hole in her dress where her upper arm should join her shoulder, a stump is just visible, the skin slightly puckered where the surgeon has stretched it back across...