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  • Puffer is a sidearmer with a nasty a sinking fastball.

    USATODAY.com - Prospects to watch in NL teams' farm systems 2002

  • In addition to the usual screening of bags and coats and such, a visitor also had to step into a tunnel known as the Puffer.

    Long Way Home Laura Caldwell 2010

  • "Puffer," assents Deputy, with a shrewd leer of recognition, and smoking an imaginary pipe, with his head very much on one side and his eyes very much out of their places: "Hopeum Puffer."

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870

  • American Civil Liberties Union is advocating the use of the "Puffer," a machine that analyzes puffs of chemically-sensitive air blown around an individual.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Gavin Dahl, Raw Story 2010

  • Agency Spent Millions on Problematic "Puffer" Machines; Latest Attack Highlights Muslim cleric of Yemeni descent, has been linked to a series of attacks and plots across the world - from 11 September 2001 to the shootings at Peninsula has rapidly evolved into an expanding and ambitious regional network thanks in part to a weakened, impoverished and Detroit Font size Print E-mail Share (AP/CBS) Stories White House to Unveil

    WN.com - Articles related to Focus on Internet imams as Al Qaeda recruiters 2010

  • "Puffer" machines, full-body imaging scanners, a simple frisk or bomb-sniffing dogs all would likely have detected the chemical explosive PETN, experts say.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • In Scotland riders tackled the infamous 'Puffer', the almost legendary and hardest 24hr enduro in the UK (and possibly the world!).

    Singletrack Magazine 2009

  • On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on its website advocated the use of the "Puffer," a machine first developed by General Electric that can detect chemical particles a person may have on their body and analyze whether or not they are harmful.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2009

  • They made an offer to the owner of the trailer - Last's son - Hartsburg resident Scott "Puffer" Last.

    Lincoln Courier Homepage RSS 2008

  • Agency Spent Millions on Problematic "Puffer" Machines; Latest Attack Highlights

    WN.com - Articles related to FBI Tracks Abdulmutallab's Steps in Ghana 2010

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