[…] portable storage devices like jumpdrives, memory sticks, music players and even digital cameras.

Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.

The guard launched a desperate lob over the outstretched arms of the defender.

Unlike my experiences with many families in the West Bank, Mohammed's 'East Jerusalemite family seemed to avoid discussions of politics at every turn.