An American woman reaches for the biggest claw, but with a quick spin of the Lazy Susan I make her settle for second biggest.

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The first act's several private conversations are made possible by Santo Loquasto's nifty Lazy Susan set, with bedrooms turning to reveal the apartment's entry way, which turns again to reveal a sitting room and then a dining room.

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The staff brought out dozens of dishes, and Lang, famished from the constant performance of his day, ate more than anyone, spinning the lazy Susan at the center of the table and scooping off heaps of shrimp, beef, eel, eggplant, string beans, tofu.

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Such an invention could have serious implications for fields like surveillance and wildlife observation, but fear not, AIST hasn't lost its sense of humor -- the company used a Bullwinkle figurine rotating on a Lazy Susan to demo its latest invention at Printable Electronics 2011.

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