Word: acidic
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...technique, developed by a team headed by Surgeon Judah Folkman of Children's Hospital Medical Center and described in the Lancet, the bone is made into strips, blocks, chips or powder and soaked in hydrochloric acid to remove all minerals. It is then dried, sterilized and stored. When needed, it is mixed with a saline solution. Says Plastic Surgeon John B. Mulliken, also of Children's Hospital: "The powder, which then has a pasty consistency, is used to caulk around defects, to fill in holes, irregularities, and is shoved into places hard to get at. The chips, though...
Clean Air Act. First passed 1970, the must be reauthorized this year, and Senators of both parties from northern industrial states are lining up behind Democrat Gary Hart of Colorado to fight for tougher restrictions on sulfur emissions, in order to reduce acid rain. The Administration will probably attempt to ease many of the bill's existing restrictions as part of its campaign against Government regulations which could lead to a pitched battle with Hart and his allies...
...exudes "the feeling of a sort of car battery," in the words of its designer. But instead of battery acid, the $5.9-million extension of the Fogg Art Museum--plans for which were unveiled this week--will contain galleries and offices for the Fogg's departments of Ancient, Oriental, and Near Eastern art. The brick structure, to be built on the site now occupied by Allston Burr Hall, will also house a 300-seat lecture hall in its basement. "It's incredibly dense--sometimes while working on it, I've had the feeling it's going to sink into...
Yesterday's softball game was supposed to be an acid test. But when the Crimson nine--ranked eighth in the New England area in a recent coaches poll--faced a, B.U. squad that had beaten them in every previous contest, they easily whipped the Terriers, 31-6, and upped their season record...
...sexy." Adds Lynn Manulis, co-owner of the carriage-trade Martha stores in Manhattan and Florida: "He's like Pavarotti. A lot of people don't understand anything about music, but when they hear him sing they just know he's great." And he meets an acid test of the classic designers: his clothes never go out of style. Chanel suits have become collectibles. So, now, have Armanis...