Word: pod
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...large cities when aggrieved young men gather at swimming pools and beaches, in car parks, nightclubs and at football games. It's not a clash of religions, civilizations or even ideologies. They may dress or have their hair cut differently, but the combatants are pea brains in a pod: Australian-born, idle and stunted. They're spectators in the new economy, and the rise of the smart worker has left them smelling like losers...
...backpack) that learns to mimic the wearer's gait and posture; bioelectric sensors pick up signals transmitted from the brain to the muscles, so it can anticipate movements the moment the wearer thinks of them. A commercial version is in the works. Just don't let it near the pod-bay doors. Next Product: Sporting Life...
...memories or trying to avoid sights that bring about such memories. Many are tender scenes of married life, and quite a few are humorous. For example, while waiting to visit Quintana at a hospital in New York, Didion recounts the day when three-year-old Quintana stuck a seed pod from their garden up her nose and her doctor had to be called away from a dinner party to remove it. Quintana apparently enjoyed such an adventure, and stuck another seed pod up her nose the next day in order to repeat it. Such moments provide a fuller range...
...asked Andrew to take his picture. Days later, “Sweet Home Alabama” would welcome us to Birmingham. For purposes of cultural immersion, pop radio is often sufficient, in its limited, capitalist way. After all, even the locals listen to Clear Channel. But sometimes, an i-Pod is also useful...
...POWER POD Made by Earhugger in Utah, it charges any phone with the power source most convenient: a computer USB port, a car cigarette lighter, a 9-volt battery or a wall plug. --By Jeninne Lee--St. John