Eraser
The first erasers, for wiping out lead pencil marks, were pieces of bread. The modern eraser made of rubber appeared in the eighteenth century. The first suggestion to use rubber--a vegetable g...
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A security video showing Falcons quarterback Michael Vick surrendering a water bottle to a security screener at Miami International Airport was erased because it would not be needed for evidence.Th...
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The Calgary Flames erased a two-goal deficit by ignoring it. Jarome Iginla had three assists, including Wayne Primeau's go-ahead score on a short-handed breakaway early in the third period, in a 4-...
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The Nasdaq finished near where it started on Tuesday, though it erased early losses. The composite index closed up less than 0.1% as volume rose from Monday's level. Color Kinetics CLRK saw some of...
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Po Biddy Crossroads will be back on the map. So will Hopeulikit and Doctortown, and hundreds of others that were erased.From Abbottsford to Zetella, the 488 communities wiped from this year's versi...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday
officially renamed one of Taipei's major landmarks, the Chiang Kai-
shek Memorial Hall, in part of his government'...
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The benchmark Nikkei stock index ended slightly higher Thursday,
with uncertainty about Japan's politics weighing on the market,
erasing most of earlier gains which had been...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little
changed Friday as gains in energy shares and positive news
in the tech sector, including a brokerage upgrade of
Hewlett-Packard Co, were offset by a l...
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BETHLEHEM, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Offended Bethlehem residents
have painted over a satirical mural by graffiti artist Banksy
that was meant to highlight their plight. The elusive British street artist...
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Poetry Tulip has vanished. So have Due West and Po Biddy Crossroads. Cloudland and Roosterville are gone, too.A total of 488 communities have been erased from the latest version of Georgia's offici...
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