Word: gel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plastic surgeons to your very wish will bow." Over the years, the cosmetic wizards have conjured many escapes from the ravages of age, from chemical peels to skin abrasion to surgical lifts. Now they are wielding a new magic wand: syringes filled with collagen. Injections of the whitish gel smooth away time-worn creases as well as acne and surgical scars. And at a relatively affordable price: treatments run $300 to $1,500, about a third of the price of a typical face-lift...
...surreal images from someone else's dream. Yet you should also feel the spectacular unity of vision and visuals, of passion and method. Compared with The Sacrifice's art, the formal sophistication of even the best Hollywood movies seems superficially applied, like press-on nails and a styling gel...
...helicopter cabin, Lieut. Frank Powell, chief of Philadelphia's bomb- disposal unit, hefted a canvas satchel holding two 1-lb. tubes filled with a water-based gel explosive. After lighting its 45-sec. fuse, Powell leaned out of the helicopter bay and dropped the device on the roof. His target: a fortified, bunker-like cubicle about 6 ft. square and 8 ft. high...
...played well as a team," Nastala said. "Usually we have trouble getting everyone to play well the same day. Today we started to gel. This gets us ready for the Ivies this weekend...
Concerned that their Neolithic treasures would quickly disintegrate if exposed to humidity and sunlight, museum officials placed them in a darkened room, under glass and resting on a bed of blue and white silica gel that absorbs moisture. To view the objects, visitors press a button, which turns on display lights (filtered to block any destructive ultraviolet light) for only 90 seconds...