It led to him being entrusted with the task of replacing Australian Rod Marsh as head coach of the National Academy.

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Today, people who need a new ear often turn to prosthetics that require a rod to fasten to the head.

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In the first point back, Li injured the same ankle and hit her head as she fell, silencing the Rod Laver Arena crowd, which wondered whether it would witness what would have been just the second retirement in a Grand Slam women's final since 1968.

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In the first point back, Ms. Li injured the same ankle and hit her head as she fell, silencing the Rod Laver Arena crowd, which wondered whether it would witness what would have been just the second retirement in a Grand Slam women's final since 1968.

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"We're doing something that hasn't been done in the industry before: the first multi-architecture platform, " says Rod Adkins, IBM's head of hardware.

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He does however rely on microscopes to study samples and has been known to carry an L-shaped divining rod, which he holds over his head until it points him toward water.

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As the head of the company, Hayward became a lightning rod for public and political anger after the drill rig operated by BP exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.

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