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...burn. After a while, a layer of carbon forms on its surface, but carbonization stops as soon as the wood is taken out of the fire. Any structure of brominated wood or wood products is safe from fire unless it is stuffed with highly combustible contents. "We could fireproof Japan," says Dr. Lewin, who sees no reason for false modesty about his achievement...
Electronics companies are making printed circuits out of Teflon, which can be sliced to one two-thousandths of an inch. Teflon is used in barbecue gloves that will not scorch, in missile nose cones and in fireproof suits. Ovens and muffin tins are coated with Teflon, and a coating of Teflon is applied to some electric irons to make them slide more easily across cloth. Auto bearings, bushings and ball joints are now being made of Teflon, and engineers look for the day when they can use it to eliminate car lubrication. Surgeons are using Teflon tubing successfully to replace...
...Fireproof Ballots. On election day the government threw out a batch of ballots in one strongly anti-Park district of Seoul, but such "invalidations" were at a record low. "Power failures" are another standard practice in South Korea on election nights, to facilitate tampering with ballot boxes. But this time the lights went out briefly in only one city, Pusan, and not only was it a bona fide short circuit, but the Central Election Management Committee had foresightedly ordered all polls, Pusan's included, to lay in a supply of candles. Moreover, to prevent the almost customary burning...
...mortar company lobbed shells across the border. Deepening Indonesia's quarrel with Britain, which is pledged to defend Malaysia, government troops in Djakarta barred British diplomats from entering their embassy, gutted fortnight ago by an unchecked mob. The guards even tried to break into the embassy's fireproof code room until they were stopped by tough, stocky Ambassador Andrew Gilchrist, who forced his way into the embassy and stood guard over the strong room himself...
After that, every horse Dancer touched seemed to grow wings. He spent $1,200 for a lame pacer named Volo Chief, won $36,000, and added a two-bedroom wing to his house. Today, Dancer's Egyptian Acres boasts a heated swimming pool, fireproof barns, and air-conditioned dormitories for the stable hands. The 55 horses in his pastures are valued at more than $4,000,000, and Dancer employs a fulltime bookkeeper to keep track of operating expenses that amount to $350,000 a year...