Word: glue
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strict definition. Drinking, he says, is a continuum, and no one can draw an exact line between an alcoholic and a severely troubled drinker. "The issue," he states, "is why some people apparently waste their lives on alcohol while others don't. What's the 'glue' that binds some people to their alcohol problems?" Adds Marty Mann, the woman who founded the National Council on Alcoholism: "No one has ever found the way to turn a nonalcoholic into an alcoholic. There is a basic difference in people...
...Sticky Glue. Some NASA astronomers speculated that the sun's heat might have baked the comet's exterior into a kind of "sticky glue" that prevented some of the cometary dust and gas from boiling off. University of Arizona Astronomer Elizabeth Roemer, for one, found this theory improbable. Comets, she explained, are too gaseous and fragile to develop such a crust. Other astronomers suggested that Kohoutek, a "virgin" comet making its first approach to the inner part of the solar system and never before exposed to the warmth of the sun, had flared up briefly when its more...
Despite a good voice, Eden Murray's real ability lies less in singing than in acting. She plays Buttercup with a (stuffed) belly-slapping assurance which is realized by her confidence and maturity as an actress. Since Buttercup is the glue that joins together the outlandish plot of Pinafore any successful production must rely heavily on the actress playing the part. Eden Murray's Buttercup is a major portion of this Pinafore's success...
...cost of housing materials jumped, with a 20% increase in the price of plywood. The cause was a rash of scare buying amid fears that shortages of fuel and glue, an oil derivative, would lead to slowdowns in production. In Oregon, eleven mills, producing 5% of America's plywood, announced that they face complete or partial shutdowns this month...
...sprinkle in some powder, and stir. First it turns into a mixture the consistency of applesauce, and then you let it sit a while and it turns into a thick, tough gel." He pulled a vial of napalm from one of his office shelves; it looks like dried yellow glue. Fieser said that although it was made 30 years ago it would still burn...