After some byplay, the spectator would discover that the bill was no longer there, whereupon Scott would pull from his own pocket a small metal tube, secured with a padlock, and remove the signed bill.

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Garver said Wednesday that sending a small inflatable tube into space will be dramatically cheaper than launching a full-sized module.

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AeroShot is a small plastic tube loaded with 100mg of caffeine and B vitamins.

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It is a small plastic tube with 20 holes cut into it in which are inserted cut-down cigarettes, some ringed with lipstick.

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When the rubber sack makes contact with an object, whether a glass, a pen, or other hard item, a narrow inner tube sucks a small percentage of air out of the sack, making it contract and conform to the shape of the object it touches.

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During this exam, a flexible tube containing a small transducer about the size of your index finger is guided down your throat.

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They did the operation manually, maneuvering chopstick-like instruments through small incisions while watching via a laparoscope, a tube with a tiny camera at the end.

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The biopsies can be done through an endoscopy, in which a fiber-optic tube is placed in the mouth and down into the small bowel or through some even less invasive procedures.

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He showed that just as the bad amyloid-42 sped the formation of amyloid clusters, so a small number of pathological prions could convert good prions to the dark side, at least in test-tube experiments.

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