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When U.S. marines in Iraq round up a group of suspicious characters, lately they've been introducing them to a bomb-sniffing handheld device called Fido.
FORBES
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Players choose one of five characters representing the five year-round Big Boss brews: Hell's Belle, Bad Penny, Angry Angel, Blanco Diablo and High Roller.
ENGADGET: Beercade replaces arcade coin slots with beer taps, rewards winners with brew
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In the end Mr Erard is happy simply to meet interesting characters, tell fascinating tales and round up the research without trying to judge which is the best work.
ECONOMIST: What makes some people learn language after language?
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Bosses must be built up, flat and mean and feared, before they can be torn down and allowed to live (or die) whole and round, accepted and embraced and forgiven for their oddities and impenetrable characters.
WSJ: Word Craft: Ben Schrank, Author of Love Is a Canoe, on Bosses