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Harvard's "acid paper problem," as it is commonly termed among preservationists, is an inherently modern problem, affecting only books printed after the turn of the 19th century. Prior to this time, paper was made from cotton rags and books were bound with leather and glue made from animal fats...
Kohler, the glue that held the Crimson's attack together throughout the 1996 men's soccer season, was picked earlier in Major League Soccer's collegiate entry draft than any other Harvard athlete had ever been in similar circumstances. And the senior from Bala Clywyd, Pa., has every intention of playing a significant role in the Metrostars' second season...
...birth a baby's brain contains 100 billion neurons, roughly as many nerve cells as there are stars in the Milky Way. Also in place are a trillion glial cells, named after the Greek word for glue, which form a kind of honeycomb that protects and nourishes the neurons. But while the brain contains virtually all the nerve cells it will ever have, the pattern of wiring between them has yet to stabilize. Up to this point, says Shatz, "what the brain has done is lay out circuits that are its best guess about what's required for vision...
...James nor Everett has ever watched Saturday-morning cartoons. "This is family time," explains Everett's mom Priscilla Glover, "one of the few times during the week we can all be together. Everett knows he can watch the Disney Channel whenever he wants, so he doesn't beg to glue himself to the TV on the weekends. He doesn't even know what he is missing...
...cited research from her university indicating hospitals that place a high priority on nurses have a 7.7% lower mortality rate than hospitals with no such priority. "Really experienced nurses know when they walk into the room if something is wrong with a patient," explains Lang. "Nurses are the glue that holds the whole hospital system together...