Word: shields
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...fitting soccer shin guard might not make the difference between winning and losing, but it can make a youngster pretty miserable. First Shield shin guards from Parker Athletic in Charlotte, N.C., can stop those complaints before they start. Using the same fiber-glass material used on molded casts, the guards actually mold to the shape of each child's leg. First applied in a wet, flexible form, they dry into a rock-solid fit. A soft outside layer keeps them from chafing. Score one for comfort...
...turned out then that he, taking over, had to fly the capsule by hand because the automatic-control system, which fired the small jets designed to stabilize the capsule's position, failed. The man had to take over too when dealing with the apparent threat that the heat shield had come loose, which meant that if it were to separate completely on re-entry, Glenn would be devoured in a flood of flames. The warning signal proved false, but Glenn and the people back at NASA could not know that, so men had to alter re-entry procedures...
...building. Monica's lawyers told the prosecutors that she was worried that what she had to say wouldn't be enough for them. Starr worried about whether she was credible. It was Dash who proposed that Lewinsky come see them, under the Queen for a Day rules that would shield her from self-incrimination. "The main benefit of the meeting," says Cacheris, "was our being able to tell her they were interested in the truth and them telling us she would be protected." Starr proposed meeting at the apartment of his mother-in-law in New York City...
...Aging this week. The panel has summoned two insiders--a former California nursing-home nurse and a current nursing-home inspector for the state--to offer firsthand accounts of the horrors. The women--called "Clara B." and "Florence N." by the committee--will speak from behind a screen to shield them from retaliation by the powerful nursing-home industry and the agency that provides care to California's elderly...
Critics view the Texas action as a naked attempt to shield the state's lawyers--who charge as much as $400 an hour for such fill-in-the-blanks legal services as drawing up standard wills or simple divorce papers--from off-the-shelf competition. "These are cookie-cutter tasks," says Steven Gillers, a New York University law professor who specializes in legal ethics. "When you realize how routinized legal work is, and how much information you can pack into an interactive CD-ROM, then you recognize how easy it is to substitute a computer for a lawyer. That...