Word: gel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wear a bra. I shave my legs, I wear mascara. I set my hair twice a week and have been known to use hairspray. I read Cosmopolitan magazine avidly and join World of Beauty clubs without giving much thought to their sociological significance. I use DippityDo hair-setting gel, Cover Girl medicated makeup, Deep Magic dry skin conditioner, and generally should be a source of great satisfaction to the American manufacturer...
This summer, 21 of the Polish frescoes, together with carvings and graffiti from Faras, are being shown for the first time in Western Europe at West Germany's Villa Hügel in Essen. They have caused something of a sensation in artistic circles. Says Professor Kurt Bittel, head of the West German Archaeological Institute: "The miracle of Faras is a triple one: that these works were found, that they could be preserved, and that they existed...
Without pausing to change sticks, Mi-kita continued playing and to his sur prise found that he could rip off a shot faster and harder with his crooked cud gel. Soon he and Teammate Bobby Hull were warping the wooden blades of their sticks into scooplike curves by soaking them in hot water and wedging them under door jambs overnight...
...then that the intellectual process breaks down, and a meaningful and productive interplay of ideas, which is so desperately needed now, ceases. I can only hope that both students and administrators will never be afraid to open themselves continually to self-doubt and self-questioning-to break the gel that means stagnation and, ultimately, failure...
...return to their original shape when pressure is removed. As a substitute for natural cushions, he first tried placing wads of soft pie dough under his patients, then lumps of a children's jelly-like plaything called Silly Putty. Next, he designed 16-sq.-in. pads of silicone gel, which have the resiliency of flesh itself. Protected by such pads, sores in bedridden patients were not only prevented but also healed. When the gel is used in wheel-chair seats, says Spence, the decreased threat of pain and tissue breakdown even serves as a form of psychotherapy...