Word: plucking
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...course, there's more to high-tech housewares these days than computer chips. The pricey $30 Orka oven mitt from iSi North America is made of silicone, like many new spatulas. Heat-and flame-resistant up to 500�F, the stain-proof glove allows you to pluck hard-boiled eggs and potatoes out of boiling water and grab chicken wings that fall through the barbecue grill. We found the stiff material a little awkward, however, for pulling pans from the oven...
...Natalie posters designed to “foster dialogue.” Really, how does one respond positively to a yellow fetus on their wall? The posters are astutely designed to pluck the heartstrings of a scared 19-year-old college girl who just found out that she’s three weeks pregnant. Natalie is aimed at her emotions, and HRL is going to make sure that her heart skips a beat at the thought of baby Natalie every time she gets on the elevator and every time she walks past a bulletin board on campus. And just...
Lewis imagines that a grim reaper lurks at the bottom of whatever “particular container” we use to deliver our deadly dose, and with sickle in hand, the agent of death waits to pluck us from the primes of our lives. Four students nearly died in the “chaos” of Harvard-Yale two years ago because of “alcohol poisoning at the ‘life-threatening’ level,” Lewis warns with a flashlight under his chin. Another of our brilliant peers fell off a truck...
There are certain unbreakable laws to the survival story. Take an unlikely character, pluck him out of the anesthetized womb of daily life and toss him into a harsh environment. Test his physical endurance through hardship and privation, his will to live through isolation. And if at all possible, throw in a full-grown royal Bengal tiger...
Showing true pluck, Trista Rehn has recovered from being dumped in front of 18 million viewers and marshaled the courage to date another day. Last spring on the reality program The Bachelor, ABC provided one man, Alex Michel, with 25 women from among whom he was intended to choose his intended. Rehn was one of two finalists, but in the end she was thrown over for Amanda Marsh. (Marsh and Michel are said to be dating, though not engaged.) This winter, along with a new edition of The Bachelor, ABC will air The Bachelorette and has chosen Rehn, a physical...