Word: paraphernalia
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...massive object like a warhead, gamma rays are emitted. Decoys, which have very little mass, give off virtually no emissions. ''When you get a signal,'' said SDI's Chief Scientist Gerold Yonas, ''it's the warhead. When you don't, it's a decoy.'' At present the paraphernalia needed to produce these beams is so large that it would be impossible to put in orbit as a fighting machine. Once the real warheads have been identified, they could be targeted for kill by laser weapons, intense beams of light that could destroy a Soviet missile or warhead by burning through...
...neighborhood. When I finally stop at her table, she tightens her head scarf and gives me a big smile. "How much for a palm reading?" I ask. "We will talk about money later, darling," she says, grabbing my hand with delight. Behind her is a shop full of Indian paraphernalia - a Ganesha idol, incense sticks and OM signs, along with Tibetan scrolls of the Buddha. It strikes me that an American psychic in New York City must regard it as a coup to be seen in public with an Indian customer like me - the same rush that a white basketball...
...Since the late 1990s, Berlin's vibrant musical underground has featured women who undermine gender clichés through in-your-face sexual behavior. The Berlin-based Canadian musician Peaches and the all-woman band Chicks on Speed are known for explicit lyrics and the use of sexual paraphernalia on stage. But what was a subcultural phenomenon may now be finding its way into the mainstream. Months before Roche's book was published, 27-year-old German-Turkish rapper Lady Bitch Ray caused a media scandal in a TV interview that included "74 sex words in 75 minutes...
...does that from a small office just upstairs from his four-room dispensary, which sits next to a Tattoo parlor and around the corner from a Target store. Two beefy security guards watch the door and a smiling receptionist sits next to a case displaying bongs and other paraphernalia. Inside, patients examine samples in glass cases. Some day, Duncan says, this will be as normal as visiting Walgreens. For now, he's less focused on his inventory than on his group's efforts to supply activists with "raid kits" - protest signs, bullhorns, and sunscreen - so they can show...
...shirts and hoodies are a fashion staple on college campuses across the country—but Tamara Jafar ’09 is taking this trend and turning it into a cause. The Bagdad University T-shirts that have been appearing on campus amidst the ever-present Harvard paraphernalia aren’t just style statements—they’re a step towards improving higher education in Iraq. Since December 2007, Jafar has been designing and marketing the shirts, creating the Web site www.rallyforiraq.com in addition to using flyers and a Facebook group. While the arch-shaped logo...