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...Nobel prize for Chemist Giulio Natta. The first commercial use of polypropylene, made in Italy under the brand name Moplen, enables Montecatini to manufacture plastic materials that are tougher and more heat resistant than any so far produced. The plastic can be dyed any color and be made to float, is already widely used to make buckets, tubs, basins and other domestic articles. Faina hopes that it will help make Montecatini's petrochemical operation highly profitable, is even thinking of using it to manufacture auto bodies...
...world. Working from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in his studio on the Swiss end of Lake Maggiore, he prepares thready-edged linen canvas or irregular pieces of batiste shirting. Over these loose, unframed scraps, he lays on slick sizing so that subsequent brushstrokes in oil tempera seem to float above the surface. He paints where the bristles of his soft, often home-made brushes lead him. He says he is "listening to the brush-I want my colors to breathe, not to cover...
...villains that raise the cholesterol level in blood. For that reason, they have disappeared from the tables of dieters, and U.S. egg consumption fell 18% last year. But dieters have little to fear from the new egg because its saturated fats are offset by the polyunsaturated fats and thus float through the bloodstream without causing an increase in cholesterol...
Among the woollier samples: Q. How do you make an elephant float? A. With two scoops of ice cream, an elephant and some root beer...
...This "float process" is the invention of Pilkington Bros. Ltd., at St. Helens, Lancashire, England, and they have licensed the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company...