Word: glue
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...standard model also postulates that the universe is controlled by four basic forces: gravity, the glue that holds the cosmos together; electromagnetism, which keeps electrons from breaking away from the rest of the atom; the strong force, which holds together the atomic nucleus; and the weak force, which controls the gradual disintegration of some nuclei, the process at work in radioactivity...
...press conference immediately afterward in Coblenz, Luis-Ferdinand Werner, who had supervised chemical analysis on the paper, cover, bindings, labels and glue used in three of the seven volumes submitted by Stern, said flatly that the diaries were "obvious fakes." Beside him, Federal Archives President Hans Booms, who characterized the forgeries as "grotesque" and "superficial," contended that much of the contents had been plagiarized from a book, Hitler's Speeches and Proclamations 1932-45, written in 1962 by a former Nazi Federal Archivist, Max Domarus. Booms dated the production of the forgeries as about...
...fair chance to examine the documents, evidence of any but the most crafty forgery would be swiftly found. But this fabrication, the German scientists discovered, was astonishingly inept. Chemical analysis of the binding showed that it contained polyester threads, which were not produced until after World War II. The glue used on the book labels also contained postwar chemicals. The same typewriter had been used on all labels on the volumes. It was a 1925 machine, all right, but close inspection of a label ostensibly typed in 1943 showed no wear on the keys since a label typed...
Einstein spent the second half of his life futilely trying to unify two of nature's basic forces: gravity, the glue that holds the universe together, and electromagnetism, which governs such familiar processes as fire, chemical reactions, even human metabolism. But there are two other less well-known agencies at work within the nucleus of the atom: the so-called strong force, which binds the nucleus' protons and neutrons, and the weak force, which shows its hand in the disintegration, or "decay," of certain nuclei, like those of uranium 235. Post-Einstein theorists in the late 1960s succeeded...
...court in 1977. In contrast to the gentle persuasion effectively practiced by her predecessor, Donald Wright, the bright, hard-working Bird offered aloofness and abrasion. Her manner soon cost her the services of Ralph Kleps, the able administrator of the state's judiciary. Another casualty was collegiality, the glue that enables seven independent thinkers to meld their views into cohesive decisions. Then in 1979, the court endured the public debacle of a state investigation. The charge: that four controversial decisions had been delayed until after an election in which four justices were up for voter approval. The claim...