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After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, officials determined that the source of the radiation was a "pencil-like cylinder" of radioactive cobalt-60, which was once part of a machine used to sterilize food and eventually made its way to a Saudi Arabian scrap metal yard, and then was inexplicably included in a shipment of more than 22-tons of copper wire.

8,000 Refrigerated Shipping Containers May Be In Danger Of Exploding 2011

The thin, pencil-like structures reaching nearly two hundred feet into the midday sky were the trademark of Istanbul as the Eiffel Tower was of Paris and the Statue of Liberty was of New York.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

The thin, pencil-like structures reaching nearly two hundred feet into the midday sky were the trademark of Istanbul as the Eiffel Tower was of Paris and the Statue of Liberty was of New York.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

The thin, pencil-like structures reaching nearly two hundred feet into the midday sky were the trademark of Istanbul as the Eiffel Tower was of Paris and the Statue of Liberty was of New York.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

This one was tested first and the faint purple haze marking its pencil-like beam was observed to move over the landscape below at the will of the operator.

Archive 2009-09-01 Johnny Pez 2009

This one was tested first and the faint purple haze marking its pencil-like beam was observed to move over the landscape below at the will of the operator.

"The War of the Planets" by Harl Vincent, part 10 Johnny Pez 2009

So many times I've bundled wee ones into cozy blankets and myself too and gone to sit on the porch to let the cool night air do it's work and shrink their constricted, swollen bronchial tubes back to its pencil-like shape.

The Helper Joyful Fox 2008

So many times I've bundled wee ones into cozy blankets and myself too and gone to sit on the porch to let the cool night air do it's work and shrink their constricted, swollen bronchial tubes back to its pencil-like shape.

Archive 2008-04-01 Belinda 2008

Endoscopes, pencil-like tubes with cameras on the end, allow doctors to make small incisions rather than drastic cuts.

Our Quest To Be Perfect 2008

Divide remaining dough into 10 equal portions and roll into pencil-like strips.

Apple Squares 2005