The sounds, the sight of glass breaking and holes "appearing" in the windshield, the yelling, the almost tangible fear you could sense inside that vehicle.

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One of Benedict XVI's last acts as pope, according to Vatican Radio, was to authorize the broadcast of video of the shroud from Turin Cathedral, where the mysterious Christian relic is kept, out of sight, in a bulletproof, climate-controlled glass case.

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In the Victorian version of the trick, the glass reflected an actual actor, situated out of sight in near the orchestra.

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Instead of reaching for a phone, which can absorb a person's full attention, Glass brings the notifications directly into the line of sight.

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The judge is too harassed to be grand, and I liked the sight of him wearily dipping a lump of sugar into his glass of tea, and clearly thinking, Spare me these folk.

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