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A UK firm has developed a cell phone security system that sets off a high-pitched scream when a phone is stolen. The system also deactivates the handset and wipes all data in the event of theft. Customers' information will be centrally stored to allow contacts, ring tones, and other data to be accessed with a new handset. The system is designed to curb phone theft in Britain, where insurer Halifax estimates a handset is stolen every 12 seconds.

DEFINITION: (noun) One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive. SYNONYMS: pensionary. USAGE: The hireling said he would be willing to clean out the cesspool, but only for a fee.

Keaton was one of silent cinema's greatest actors and filmmakers. The acrobatic skill and deadpan expression that characterized his comedic style emerged from his days in vaudeville, and at the height of his career, he rivaled fellow comic actor Charlie Chaplin in popularity. Though Keaton is remembered mainly for his early roles in silent films such as The General, he made a comeback as a supporting actor with a cameo appearance in what Academy Award-winning, 1950 film noir?

During the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, Boris Yeltsin attempted to dissolve the Russian Parliament, which responded by voting to impeach him and appointing its own acting president. Yeltsin countered public demonstrations by sending tanks into the streets to disperse crowds and force the legislature's capitulation. Within days, 187 people were killed, and the parliament building was partially destroyed. Yeltsin's victory can be attributed to support from what institutions?

Camouflage clothing features patterns that are constructed to deceive the human eye by breaking up the boundaries that define human silhouettes. Camouflage was not widely used in early warfare, when armies wore bright colors and bold designs to daunt the enemy. Scientific camouflage was not greatly developed until WWI. Though radar diminished its utility, conflicts like the guerrilla campaigns of the Vietnam War again made it important. What is chocolate-chip camouflage, and when was it used?