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reacher

[rē′chər]

an assistive device with a pincer-type claw and an extended handle that can be used to reach and grasp objects overhead or on the floor by persons with upper extremity disabilities or those who lose the ability to bend and stoop. Also called extended arm.

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extended arm			Probably Jack Reacher, the protagonist of the Lee Child novels. What's on your bookshelf? by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Gone Tomorrow A Reacher Novel By Lee Child Award-winning British thriller writer Lee Child returns with the 13th installment in the best-selling Jack Reacher series (after The Hard Way, ** Sept/Oct 2006, Bad Luck and Trouble, ** July/Aug 2007, and Nothing to Lose). Crime by Bookmarks I take Reacher now for granted as any reader would, and I still crave that freshness of the his first novel. Gone Tomorrow by Allen, Daniel / Reviewer's Bookwatch			RBRVS RCA RCE RCEEM RCP RCPSC RCS RD RD114 virus RDA RDAs RDH rdi RDS RDT RDW Re re- re-do vascular surgery Re-Emerging Disease Re-Entry reabsorb reabsorption REACH Reach to Recovery reacher react reactant reaction reaction formation reaction of degeneration reaction time reaction, stress reaction-formation reactivate reactivation reactivation tuberculosis reactive reactive airway disorder reactive airways disease reactive arthritis reactive attachment disorder reactive attachment disorder of infancy reactive decision reactive depression reactive gastritis reactive hyperemia reactive hypoglycemia reactive inflammation reactive leukocytosis reactive marrow			Reachback Reachback Reachback Operations Support Center Reachbacks Reachbacks reached reached reached reached reached Reached Base on Error Reached Bottom Time reached down reached down reached down reached down reached for reached for reached for reached for reached for the stars reached for the stars reached for the stars reached for the stars Reached Frame by Frame reached out reached out reached out reached out Reached Surface Time reacher reachers reachers reaches reaches reaches reaches reaches reaches down reaches down reaches down reaches down reaches for reaches for reaches for reaches for reaches for the stars reaches for the stars reaches for the stars reaches for the stars reaches out reaches out reaches out reaches out reaching reaching reaching reaching reaching Reaching All in Need Everyday Reaching All Youth

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