Word: sharpers
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...anyway, is the great drama of the skin incision. This much you should know about real surgery: The skin incision is the easiest part. Human skin cuts about like a pork chop (or a Fruit Roll-Up, if you're a vegetarian); a scalpel is usually no sharper than a good kitchen knife. Knowing where and how deep to cut is also super-basic to the practice of surgery, about like starting the engine is to the practice of driving. The skin is (unless you're a plastic surgeon) ultimately just another thing standing in the way of what...
...however, the only organization that regulates or tracks the use of Tasers is the company that makes the device. With civilian models (Tasers were first sold to the public in 1993 out of Sharper Image catalogs), consumers must register their products with the company, says Steve Tuttle, vice president of communications for Taser International. Another feature, known as the "anti-felon identification," or AFID, system, enables the Taser to disperse confetti tagged with serial numbers when it is fired, linking a specific Taser to the scene where it is used. But these systems are available only on devices sold...
...junior Brittany Martin were competing for the starting spot.“I was most impressed with Kylie Stephens’ performance out of all the three goaltenders,” Stone said. “I think our other two goalies need to focus and get a little sharper. And that is a challenge.”Harvard jumped out to its 3-0 lead thanks to a shooting barrage in the early going. Putting up 26 shots in the first two periods, the Harvard offense proved to be too much for Labonte. After a goal...
...Brown and yesterday’s tie. “We know that they are going to be hungry. They are passing team and they move very well,” Kerr said. “We are going to need to move the ball quicker and be sharper on defense...
...fight back 10 minutes into the second half with co-captain Megan Merritt’s game-winning goal. “We played very well [this afternoon] right from the opening whistle,” coach Ray Leone said. “They were much more focused and sharper [than at Cornell]; sometimes you can play great and not have a goal.” Eight minutes into the second half, with her third consecutive assist of the season, freshman Kerry Kartsonis gave a throw-in past a Catamount defender, giving Wylie the advantage to steal a shot...