Computer viruses, once the mischievous work of get-a-life geeks and high school kids looking for a little recognition, suddenly are a profit engine for the criminal underground.
That event propelled the movie into a box office hit, and the coincidence of a well-made fictional film with a real-life event with a very similar plot line led to a huge increase of public fears around the safety of nuclear power, and likely set the nuclear power industry back by decades.
From a life-poor patch of ocean in the South Pacific to a life-rich lake in the East African Rift System, clear waters can be found in all different corners of the world.
From a molecular perspective, Lucentis was designed to stay in the eye and have a short half-life (two hours), while Avastin was designed to enter the circulatory system and to stick around to fight off cancer (a half-life of 20 days).
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"I think it's amazing what Sheryl McCollum is doing at Bauder College by providing these students with a hands-on opportunity to study a real-life criminal investigation, " Beth Holloway said in a statement to CNN.
The beauty of this film is that unlike others involving middle-aged men, a mid-life crisis and a woman young enough to be his daughter, theirs is a purely platonic relationship.
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Like Mr Taylor, they wanted to make it easier for, say, a pro-choice group to run an ad attacking a pro-life politician, or for a gun club to buy a local radio spot supporting a congressman who shoots things.
Further enhancing ease-of-use are a new Function button that delivers quick access to frequently-used settings and a longer-life battery that claims to deliver around 360 shots before recharging becomes an issue.
The Imposter, a real-life tale of a missing American boy and the foreign-accented man who - years later - claimed to be him, was named best documentary.
Iodine-131, with a half-life of only 8 days, decayed away in a few months following the accident and no one was found to have ingested any significant amount.
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Struggling to find a work-life balance is a problem that plagues many workers, especially those who are self-employed.
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Borrego Ranch, in contrast, is like a summer love--a sweet memory, not a life-changing experience.
The book is as relevant to a mid-career, senior executive having a mid-life crisis as it is to an undergraduate student wrestling with what she wants to be when she grows up.
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He admitted that even with his experience, Everest was still a "beast" to climb -- and a life-threatening one at that.
Finally, we covered a set of incredible LEGO creations -- from a life-size Wall-E robot made from Lego Mindstorms to a computer built from plastic bricks and a series of amazing Lego animals that invaded the Bronx Zoo.
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Though Mr. O'Hara's once-popular novels and short stories are no longer widely read, he was famous in 1940 for his well-tuned ear, and the characters in "Pal Joey" sound like they stepped out of a real-life alley after throwing a couple of punches.
His understanding of the agony and the ecstasy of manic depression displays a level of empathy for the illness never yet found in a novel, a function perhaps of his friendship with fellow-author David Foster Wallace, a real-life depressive who committed suicide in 2008.
Is a whole-life insurance policy a better way to escape the estate tax than making gifts every year to your descendants?
But what if you could tag a real-life building with a photo of yourself or some other content, as a form of virtual graffiti?
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But could those supporters co-exist in a real-life campaign?
It makes perfect sense for the Federal Government to conduct a real-life test of a new public system using an up and running company that currently accounts for about 5% of the health care market in the United States.
Where it might have been a predictable, stable life, and having a job that brings in the money, now I feel it might be having a work-life balance so that life can be enjoyed and a job that is engaging and meaningful.
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It argues that the indefinite nature of a life sentence - which may or may not involve a life behind bars - is unfair and incomprehensible.
My father, who I barely knew -- I only met once for a month in my entire life -- was said to be a non-believer throughout his life.
The team found that products impregnated with L. plantarum have a shelf-life of up to a year.
She also organised a real-life wedding ceremony in a matter of hours for Claire Gilchrist, 26, and Ben Springett, 28, at Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London - she only found out on the morning that she had to do it.
"While Call of Juarez: The Cartel touches on subjects relevant to current events in Juarez, it does so in a fictional manner that makes the gaming experience feel more like being immersed in an action movie than in a real-life situation, " a Ubisoft spokesman told Reuters news agency.
But cesium-134, which has a half-life of only two years, clearly came from the meltdowns, the researchers say.
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