Highly polished beveled edges reflect light in two directions for better legibility and emphasize needle-sharp tips, lending an air of Germanic precision.

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It was the first time researchers had successfully sedated a large whale of any type, according to NOAA. To do so, they had to use two cups worth of tranquilizer and a foot-long needle.

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Unfortunately for snow enthusiasts, the model found that the fragile needle-like ice crystals connecting the two layers can be broken easily and separated by the weight of new snow or a skier.

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In addition to the drainage tubes in her chest, she required needle-drainage procedures in her abdomen every week or two to relieve the severe pressure from the litres of fluid that the cancer was producing there.

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Nineteen controls received two treatments, four weeks apart, of dry-needling, which involved inserting an acupuncture needle into rotator-cuff tissue to stimulate healing.

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Amai Gold, a nurse who was left permanently disabled after a patient stabbed her with a needle, told the programme how she had her case dropped after a two-and-a-half-year struggle to get it to court.

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By the time our own pot of harihari-nabe finally arrived, all we could do was play with the needle-thin (hari means "needle") stalks of mizuna greens and take a bite or two of whale leftovers.

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