Instead, they are packing TNT and plastic explosives - as well as metal and ball bearings - into their bombs to make them more powerful and more destructive, he says.

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Aside from crude Rockette-based jokes, we know very little about what the GS IV is purportedly packing, but hopes of a drastic shift away from the company's plastic-heavy designs were dimmed somewhat by the "more of the same" design featured on the Note 8.0.

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With Americans already packing an average of five charge cards, Saunders has been appealing to bankers like Davis by making his plastic smarter and thus more valuable in attracting customers.

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