Word: thrusting
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...press a button and in 12 seconds flat its wheels tuck gracefully under its body, and you're boating, not driving. The Gibbs Aquada can do 100 m.p.h. on land and a cool 30 m.p.h. afloat, powered by a proprietary jet-propulsion system that generates nearly a ton of thrust. If you're not superspy material, don't worry: the Aquada comes with special sensors that keep it from accidentally transforming itself at embarrassing moments--say, when you're cruising along on dry land. INVENTOR Gibbs Aquada AVAILABILITY Now, about $250,000 TO LEARN MORE aquada.co.uk...
...four receivers—juniors Rodney Byrnes and James Harvey—fell victim to injury in the first quarter. Suddenly, senior Adam Gordon and sophomore Corey Waller—until that moment not even listed on the depth-charts at wide receiver—were thrust into the game to cover for their two injured teammates...
...clothing: that old standby of social catagorization. When all else fails, when we are thrust into a room (or college) full of strangers, we can always gravitate to the people whose outfits seem more familiar than their wearers. From this we can start a conversation, be it with the “I have that sweater in green” approach, or the more casual, perhaps slightly confrontational (for the males among us, to avoid looking foppish) “You saw [favorite band] at [local venue] last year? [Expletive...
Does remembering Sannwald, one who was thrust into the violence and hatred of Nazi Germany, constitute that sense of security...
After the Florida legislature thrust itself last week into the debate over whether Terri Schiavo should be allowed to die, by authorizing Governor Jeb Bush to order the reinsertion of her feeding tube, the acrimonious battle entered a new and possibly protracted round in the courts. But in the court of public opinion, at least, the finger-pointing over what led to Terri's 1990 collapse at age 26 could get nastier. Her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler (who want her kept alive), have suggested that her husband Michael Schiavo (who insists she would not have wanted to live...