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HOW TO TEACH AN OLD BLOG NEW SEO TRICKSTOM PICKAUGUST 27, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHWe had a data operation that showed how we could do it, but it was really going to be threading the needle.
FULL TRANSCRIPT: SEAN SPICER ON ‘THE CARLOS WATSON SHOW’DANIEL MALLOYAUGUST 26, 2020OZYIn college, I volunteered to have a needle jabbed into the fleshy part between my thumb and forefinger in the name of acupuncture.
WE NEED NEW, SAFER WAYS TO TREAT PAIN. COULD ELECTROACUPUNCTURE BE ONE?SHELLY FANAUGUST 18, 2020SINGULARITY HUB It was a test of a new type of needle that his team has invented.
SILK-BASED MICRONEEDLES MAY HELP TREAT DISEASED PLANTSKATHRYN HULICKJUNE 18, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSA microneedle pokes into the skin just a fraction as deeply as an ordinary needle.
MICRO-BARBS COULD MAKE SHOTS LESS PAINFULSTEPHEN ORNESMAY 13, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSOne advantage to these is that they avoid the “ouch” of a big needle.
TACKLING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS CALLS FOR NOVEL IDEASKATHIANN KOWALSKIMAY 7, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSNow, the jury’s out about whether we move the needle, but we would quickly put the ones we’ve tried and didn’t move the needle aside and start on something new.
FED UP (EP. 390)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 26, 2019FREAKONOMICSThe needle of the archdruidress broke, as she shook her head viciously at the scoffer.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDShe was so handy with a needle, and allus ready to cut out calico dingusses that the peon gals could sew up.
ALEC LLOYD, COWPUNCHERELEANOR GATESWORDS RELATED TO NEEDLE
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