Not everyone will be glued to the tube or the grill the entire time, Trigg said.

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Shoes made of hard plastic may improve matters, especially as they can be glued rather than nailed on to hooves.

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While men are expected to be glued to their television sets, three-quarters of women say they will switch right off, and a tenth are positively dreading the entire event.

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As the dramatic spectacle of the Olympic Games opening ceremony in London unfolded Friday night, organizers estimated a billion people around the world would be glued to their television sets to see it, either live or delayed by a few hours.

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The dummies were found to be genuine brands with hand-glued gems, beads and magnets added to them.

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Whether they can produce the same heated rows and comedy capers that kept people glued to their sets last year remains to be seen.

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Nor did it ever bother me that the striped drum itself was glued or nailed to the orange chassis of the cement mixer and could not be rotated (or even budged) by hand.

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Each one is stuffed with several hundred tiny glass spheres or shards, of random size and glued in place in a random pattern so that each token, which can be inserted in a credit card, is unique.

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The team's invisibility cloak exploits this effect, and relies on a specific geometry comprising two prism-shaped calcite crystals glued together, such that they leave a wedge-shaped gap beneath in which objects can be "cloaked" when illuminated with polarised light.

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All you have to do is keep your eyes glued to the screen, and the good folks at Anheuser-Busch and Frito-Lay will only be too happy to keep bankrolling your enjoyment.

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