Word: tether
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Before Cousteau, undersea exploration was limited by the length of a human breath or the tether on a diving helmet. His co-invention of the Aqua-Lung in 1943 freed us to roam the ocean depths--like an "archangel" flying through the heavens, as he put it. Maker of more than 150 films, beginning with his Oscar-winning The Silent World in 1956, Cousteau revealed a flotilla of wondrous creatures to an audience that was instantly entranced. In his last book, Man, Octopus and Orchid, published shortly after his death in 1997 at the age of 87, Cousteau summed...
...duty as an enigmatically watchful neighbor-lover-ally patiently to offer her that option, and he does it with his customary brooding grace. It's the duty of a lot of good character actors to keep driving her in the opposite direction, toward the end of her very taut tether. It is the very great pleasure of this movie (well written by Ann Biderman) that its truly haunting suspense derives not from Smilla's conflict with her external enemies but from her own demons...
...August they danced together at a party thrown by the Yorks. Koo is expecting her first child next month, but has refused to divulge the identity of the father. A Buddhist since meeting the Dalai Lama, she told HELLO! magazine, "I am...dedicating myself to whatever it takes to tether this soul...to a base from which she/he may fly freely...
HIDE-AND-SEEK Whether you're tracking a CIA spy through the streets of Bangkok or discreetly angling for a shot of Sean Penn, Minolta's versatile DimageV digital camera can help. The powerful zoom lens pops off on a short tether and then displays images on a 1.8-in. lcd color screen. An ideal tool for the paparazzi in all of us. Available spring...
When the poop-deck angle gets to 30[degrees] or more, the actors don harnesses so they can't fall off. "I wish I could do it in every scene--tether the extras so they can't go to the bathroom," Cameron says. He's only half joking: during the making of True Lies, the director decreed that anyone who asked for a potty break was fired. Cameron says he doesn't care if his crew gets mad. "I'm pretty demanding," he admits. "When we're spending $25,000 or $35,000 or $45,000 an hour...