1.   A law-enforcement official investigating the incident said the device was set off by a detonator made of two flashlight batteries and a kitchen timer.

2.   Connecticut-based Duracell makes flashlight batteries.

3.   Despite the warnings, few South Padre Island residents purchased plywood sheets and flashlight batteries.

4.   Despite the warnings, few South Padre residents purchased plywood sheets and flashlight batteries.

5.   It was the size of a transistor radio and operated on flashlight batteries.

6.   Modern dry-cell flashlight batteries, for instance, consist of a metal container with a carbon post in the center.

7.   Oh, yeah, did I mention that the flashlight batteries were dead?

8.   The metal end of a large flashlight battery will do the job splendidly.

9.   The report also punctures dreary conventional wisdom about aging, for brain cells need no longer be thought of as the mental equivalent of fading flashlight batteries.

10.   Try two flashlight batteries and a scrap of steel wool.