Word: waxing
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...easy, of course, to be a skeptic, to regard each new invention with a sense of "wise" detachment and, while praising its state-of-the-art capabilities, wonder aloud if we really need it. But even if we like to wax on about that dusty old Remington typewriter we still love, few among us really want to adopt Luddite lifestyles. And we'd risk missing real progress if we did. The same digital innovations that are incrementally enhancing the realms of sex, sports and entertainment are also changing our world in profound ways. Doctors can conduct surgery remotely, controlling robotic...
...sarcophagus outside and wedged it into their Toyota Hiace van. When they opened it less than an hour later in the Quetta police station, they found the mummified body wrapped in brown cotton cloth and stretched out on a woven mat coated with a mixture of wax, resin and honey. The mummy's gold crown and breastplate were engraved with the cuneiform writing used in ancient Mesopotamia and an image of Ahura-Mazda, the god of Zoroastrianism associated with ancient Persia. Encased in a heavy wood coffin, it was placed in what initially appeared to be a stone sarcophagus...
...Jolla, Calif., say, a bus depreciates quickly, beginning with the first turn of the wheels. It loses about 15% of its value the first year on the road and an additional 10% every year following. A set of tires costs $5,000, and a wash-and-wax job runs about $360. On average a bus travels about seven miles on a gallon of diesel fuel. To paraphrase J.P. Morgan on the subject of yachts, if you have to ask which way fuel prices are headed, you can't afford...
...floods anuptaphobia: ... staying single apeirophobia: .... infinity apiphobia: ... bees arachibutyrophobia: ... peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth arachnophobia: ... spiders arithmophobia: ... numbers asthenophobia: ... fainting astrophobia: ... celestial space ataxiophobia: ... muscular incoordination ataxophobia: ... untidiness atelophobia: ... imperfection athazagoraphobia: ... being forgotten or ignored atychiphobia: ... failure aulophobia: ... flutes aurophobia: ... gold auroraphobia: ... northern lights automatonophobia: ... ventriloquist dummies, wax statues automysophobia: ... being dirty aviophobia: ... flying...
...Elis didn't quit, however, and made for an exciting finish when winger Evan Wax retrieved a rebound in front of the net and rifled it under Jonas, who never saw the shot because of the traffic in front...