Some soft-impact lasers can nudge objects into a calculated orbit toward Earth so they will be pulled down and burn up in the atmosphere, Schonberg said.

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She took a sip and with her usual insistence on quiet muffled the impact of the glass on the marble with the soft tip of her little finger.

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Stocks were hobbled a bit on Friday by a soft reading on consumer confidence, but several analysts said recent consumer spending suggested that the economic impact of that confidence reading would be minor.

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