Clocks are only one among a roll-call of instruments and appliances perfected by technical wizards over the centuries.

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Certainly, at the high end of the market, China cannot equal India's supply of technical wizards with fluent English.

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Vakoch admits that the typical SETI approach has been to suppose that long-lived extraterrestrial civilizations would also be far-ranging technical wizards.

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Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire got tangled with Washington's Wall (21 points) early in the second quarter, and both were hit with technical fouls for jawing at each other near the Wizards' bench.

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