Word: stuns
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...years, a growing number of fishermen have been using explosive devices here to stun their prey and bring it to the surface. It takes only a few hours to bomb out an area of hundreds of square meters, securing a full haul but causing irreparable damage to the live coral at the base of a reef's ecosystem. Fishermen use homemade fertilizer bombs, dynamite and even ordnance left over from World War II. The return is quick and lucrative, netting them many times over what they would make using conventional methods. But once bombed, the area is devoid of life...
HOUSTON—Harvard Coach Joe Walsh was addressing the media in a press conference last Saturday on the Rice University campus, trying to explain the apparently inexcusable letdown the Harvard baseball team suffered when it failed to stun two of the better teams in the nation, Rice and Washington, in the opening round of the NCAA Regionals...
...looking at this from the lion's perspective. One day, you're wandering happily around the grasslands, looking for a nice baby buffalo or perhaps a large lizard to snack on, and wham! You're hit by a stun gun, and the next thing you know, you've been stuffed into a cage. Three days later, everyone expects you to act "interesting" for expectant-looking adults and sniveling, balloon-toting kids lined up outside your faux-natural habitat at the local...
...Company claims more than 100,000 customers have purchased a device that is supposed to detect radio waves emitted by spy cams equipped with wireless communication capabilities. The $30 appliance, marketed to women for personal protection, comes fitted with a whistle, a make-up mirror, and a stun...
...statistics show that over the past three years tasers were effective only 56% of the time. Although all 1,100 field officers in the San Diego police department are issued tasers, they rarely use them. "They aren't real confident with them," says Sergeant Stephen Margetts. He notes that stun guns work best in a very limited range--8 ft. to 10 ft. from the suspect--and must be held at precisely the right angle. Most officers, he says, just reach for their pepper spray...