But when I awoke, to see the puppet von Trapp children gathered on puppet Maria's puppet bed, I thought back to what the theatre's managing director had said, backstage, in amongst the delicately carved and painted marionettes.

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The kids at Seattle Children's Hospital got me out of bed on days that I wouldn't want to.

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Silver nanoparticles may come in handy wherever you want to kill germs for instance, in things as diverse as children's dummies (comforters to Americans), teddy bears, washing machines, chopsticks and bed linen.

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