Word: secondly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...thread a tiny surgical balloon and a thin stainless-steel stent into the artery to forcibly widen the passage. After the balloon was deflated, the metal mesh of the stent was left in place to keep the artery open. During this procedure the results from Cheney's second blood test became available. It showed a slight increase in the cardiac enzymes, indicating that Cheney had suffered a mild heart attack after...
...upward watching birds circle, he drew on his physics and aeronautical education from Yale and Caltech, casually estimating the birds' bank angle. By timing their circles, he calculated their speed. His mind drifted to hang gliders and sailplanes, comparing their flying characteristics with those of birds. Then came the second--and more creative--eureka moment. The Kremer Prize was as good...
Emboldened by his success with Condor, MacCready set his sights on a second Kremer Prize, [pound]100,000, to be awarded this time for the first crossing of the English Channel by a man-powered aircraft. Piece of cake. In 1979 a greatly improved version of the Condor, the Gossamer Albatross, successfully flew across 23 miles of Channel water...
...invention you've been waiting for. Mercedes-Benz is introducing a high-tech SmartKey with its 2001 models that remembers exactly how you like to set up your car's interior: where you position the seat, at what angle you like the mirrors, your preferred air-conditioning setting. The second you turn on the ignition, the car rearranges itself for your pleasure. Of course, you could change the settings yourself, but that would be too much like work...
...pleased" at the decision and that Americans should be "comforted" at the high court's involvement. He said that several times, and even showed some willingness to tiptoe verbally through the legal implications for his side and Gore's. But when asked about a Gore concession, Bush wouldn't second Cheney's Sunday call for Gore to quit...