Ms. Begum had been trapped in a space originally around 30 feet long and 15 feet wide, according to rescue workers, during one of the hottest times of the year, with outside temperatures reaching 95 degrees and 80% humidity.

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And there is no waiting around, nor any risk of being lost in transit and trapped horribly in sub-space limbo.

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Trapped in the infinite cold of space, we bake like Russian mafiosi in a steam room.

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Yet unless Ukraine does better, it will stay trapped in the post-Soviet space.

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But in the vacuum of space the tiny amount of air trapped between them would inflate to create a semi-rigid structure.

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My favorite (apparently the result of a brainstorming session between the Disney and Pixar folks) has Buzz and Woody trapped in one of those select-a-toy claw games with a bunch of little green space guys.

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