But now there's hope: this year, scientists demonstrated that monkeys, properly trained and specially wired, can channel the mere thought of reaching and grasping into the actual reaching and grasping of a surrogate robotic arm.
They are not, in themselves, ornamental fruit, but trained and tied in on wires, they can make useful summer screens in a garden.
That changed after Sept. 11, 2001, as possession of a photo ID became a prerequisite for entering many office buildings and hospitals, for buying train tickets and wiring money and as states began considering barring illegal immigrants from obtaining driver's licenses.
By Jill Lepore Boats, trains, and telegraph wires — changes in transportation and communication — had surprising social and political effects.
Mr. Padilla, the memo says, is an associate of Al Qaeda who, in travels to Afghanistan and Pakistan, met with senior Qaeda officials, trained in wiring explosives, "researched" dirty bombs, concocted plans for attacks on the United States and, "it is believed," returned to the United States to "conduct reconnaissance and/or attacks" on behalf of Al Qaeda.
After finishing second twice and third once in her first five starts, the Kentucky-bred and trained horse went wire-to-wire in winning her first stakes race.
And kengai (cascade) are the smaller, more densely clustered chrysanthemums in brilliant reds, yellows, pinks and whites tied and trained across wire frames of varying lengths to appear like waterfalls.
One uses trained SMA wires and buckling springs and possesses one stable active state.
The Americans have also been directing development assistance here, including building roads, bridges and buildings; improving cellphone service and encouraging local businesses; training teachers and wiring schools for the Internet; and providing temporary medical and dental clinics.
When two cordons (arms) of the vines are trained horizontally on wires ("bilateral-trained") and are pruned to remove most of the previous year's growth ("spur-pruned") during the winter, it can produce up to 13-16 kg per vine, or an average of 15.1 kg.
