Word: windes
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...through a secure web connection to the hospital. Using videoconference technology, he can guide the patients on whether to administer oxygen, nebulizer therapy and other treatments. "Usually when a doctor wants to do a study like this he comes across red tape and funding difficulties. But because the political wind is blowing our way in Denmark, it's extremely easy for us to get permission for this sort of work," Phanareth says. "Sometimes, a lack of resistance is all you need for change to happen...
...Wind down from the adrenaline rush at Body Works, tel: (62-361) 733 317, which offers the traditional Balinese mandi lulur - an hour-long massage followed by an exfoliating scrub made from turmeric, sandalwood, cinnamon and ground rice. The expert manicures and pedicures will leave fingers and toes glowing and ready for a night...
...needs the vastly improved rifle because the use of snipers has ballooned from 250 to 800 annually. The sharpshooters require extensive and expensive training - all of which could be reduced with a better gun. Snipers "are unable to take a shot the vast majority of the time" because of wind or other weather factors, and a lack of confidence in their ability to hit the target or flee if detected. Those shortcomings could be greatly reduced by the new longer-range rifle. How much longer range? "Specific system performance objectives (e.g., range, accuracy and target speed) are classified," the solicitation...
...Right now, anything past around 800 meters is an extremely tough shot," he added during a satellite telephone interview from Mosul, Iraq. "But this EXACTO will take the effects of wind, elevation and humidity all out of play." Bell spends his days training Iraqis as snipers and for other elements of the martial arts. Did he hear about what the Navy snipers did on Sunday? "Sure did," he said. "I'm jealous as hell...
...deal; even after all this, fully 56% believe that America's best days are ahead. It would be nice if it took something short of a heart attack to get us to work out, eat better and spend more time with our kids. But in the end, where we wind up matters more than how we got there...