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Newton's cradle

noun

  1. an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And if all you wanted was a giant Newton鈥檚 Cradle standing amid a field of abstract neon-tinted towers, well, not to worry.

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But a turning point came in April, when a scene in a television series called Newton's Cradle that was broadcast during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan showed a scene of a husband forcing himself on his wife.

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The question is whether said actions manifest as direct one-to-one payback or serve as the middle spheres in a narrative Newton鈥檚 Cradle 鈥 not moving much, but transmitting the force produced by an adjacent object on one end to send its twin on the opposite side flying it the air, before it returns its own wallop in kind.

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There鈥檚 鈥淣ewton鈥檚 Cradle,鈥 an executive desk toy with five gleaming ball bearings in an immobile tangle; 鈥淧lughole,鈥 a close-up video of water streaming into the six round holes in a stainless-steel drain, one after the other; and 鈥淒omino Effect,鈥 a line of roughly 4,600 black dominoes crossing the gallery floor face to face.

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On her desk she needs Fat Brain Toys鈥 Newton鈥檚 Cradle for $21.95.

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