*starts = \@-;
*ends   = \@+;
our (@starts, @ends);

my $str = 'Hulk hate classless system with means of manufacturing given to working class! Hulk crush puny Marxists!';
if ($str =~ /with means of \w+/) {
    print "\$-[0] <$-[0]> \$+[0] <$+[0]>\n";
    my $word = substr $str, $starts[0] + 14, $ends[0] - $starts[0] - 14;
    print "word <$word>\n";
}
__END__
$-[0] <27> $+[0] <54>
word <manufacturing>