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...less magical is Azambourg's Pack chair. It initially looks like a brick but, when shaken, inflates into a full-size chair within five minutes. The shaking activates an emulsion that causes a special polyurethane foam to expand, thus unfolding a 3-D textile made by knitting together two parallel wire-linked fabrics. Several firms are negotiating to produce the chair. Meanwhile, this fall, Herm�s will launch a series of ultralight suitcases, designed by Azambourg, that are fashioned from a unique mix of foam and leather...
...high-power airboat. At Pedroz's building, the storm shattered sliding glass doors, tossed furniture and blew down walls. After the assault, much of the 26-floor building's fa?ade looked as if it were bombed. "We thought the building was going to break in two," said a shaken Pedroz. "I don't know why the owner didn't put up hurricane shutters...
...Valle ’08, playing Alexander Schmorrell, is particularly enthralling during his interrogation, as he possesses Sophie’s idealism and further adds his own rebellious wit. After a good laugh, though, the audience is quickly brought back to the horror of the situation and is dramatically shaken to react emotionally to the scene...
...Since the U.S.A. was founded by revolution against Britain, the only continuity between them that was not shaken was culture,” he explained, “so the national identity couldn’t very well be historical...[rather] it had to be constructed out of its revolutionary ideology...
...Driving all night along riverbeds and dirt tracks, the convoy reaches its destination at daybreak. A pickup carrying Afghan troops has flipped over, injuring two soldiers, so Turner is down several men. Gates, the least injured passenger in the bombed humvee, insists on coming along. "I wasn't that shaken," says Gates. "I was just pissed that I didn't have a truck anymore. I wanted to do something...