To modern eyes, the scythe may be best known from images of the Grim Reaper and Father Time--or as a weapon used by Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
General Atomics, the manufacturer of the Predator and the Reaper, argues that its later models have more backup systems to prevent those momentary losses of control.
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This does not, of course, kill the Reaper, which climbs out of the bunker and begins a pursuit of Shepard and the Normandy.
The realization and acceptance of the grim reaper coming one day regardless of what he did made it easier to step out and take action despite any fear.
Some scholars say she originated in medieval Spain through the image of La Parca, a female Grim Reaper, who was used by friars for the later evangelization of indigenous populations in the Americas.
Reta's face became covered in tattoo markings. (Prosecutors say during his trial Reta used make-up to cover the facial markings.) And both sported tattoos of "Santa Muerte, " the Grim Reaper-like pseudo-saint worshipped by drug traffickers.
Shepard mans a cannon turret, and the remainder of the fight requires the player to churn away at the reaper with this massive weapon to destroy it.
Today, the Air Force is buying hundreds of Reaper drones, a newer model, whose video feeds could be intercepted in much the same way as with the Predators, according to people familiar with the matter.
The grim reaper this time has emerged in the otherwise modest trappings of tranquil vegetables.
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Only today, the Ministry of Defence announced it had started flying its new Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Afghanistan.
The year-old marriage of now-shuttered WB and UPN had three of the pre-season's most critically acclaimed shows in Aliens In America, Reaper and Gossip Girl.
Jackson and fellow researcher Larry Pesce plan to release two tools, affectionately named Reaper and Stalker, that use Perl scripts to harvest data from the stream of location-tagged photos that are continuously posted via Twitter on services like Twitpic, YFrog, the more risque SexyPeek.
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If so, the grim reaper seems likeliest to be the telecoms sector which is fast looking less like the foundations of a glorious Internet future and more like another outing for the emperor's new clothes.
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