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...into play. "We attempted to close the door, but that just didn't work," one Cabot sophomore said about his struggles with his firedoor neighbors while living in Canaday last year. "We tried putting furniture in front of it, we tried rope, then we finally tried super glue. Even after that, the door would be opened some times...

Author: By Jeanne S. Pae, | Title: Beyond the Fire Door | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

...defend the NEA from Newt Gingrich's snipping shears, send a pair of your own to your senator or representative. The Caucus suggests that you take a pair of plastic scissors, glue them shut so that they won't cut, and write "No Cuts to the Arts" on them. The scissors can be sent through the U.S. Mail in a plastic baggie with a mailing label taped to the outside. Be sure to include a note stating your name and address, and that you are a registered voter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clip'n Save | 3/2/1995 | See Source »

...Tofflerian language those who fret about social balkanization in cyberspace as "Second Wave ideologues" (that is, Industrial Revolution dinosaurs, not clued in to the "Third Wave," the knowledge revolution). "Rather than being a centrifugal force helping to tear society apart, cyberspace can be one of the main forms of glue holding together an increasingly free and diverse society." The key to a "secure and stable civilization" is to make "appropriate social arrangements." Unfortunately, they never get around to specifying the social arrangements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyperdemocracy | 1/23/1995 | See Source »

...Glass Flowers need such a specific environment that it would be very expensive," she said. "This is not just a small problem that gets fixed with band-aids and glue...

Author: By Daniel S. Cohan, | Title: Glass Flowers Repair Program Delayed | 12/14/1994 | See Source »

...their time until they are scheduled to return home. The second world belongs to the 1,200 men of the Special Forces who, since the occupation began, have overseen rural Haiti. Taking on the roles of sheriff, prosecutor, judge, plumber, mayor and ghostbuster, these commandos are often the only glue holding together the 5 million Haitians who live outside the capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: The Power of American Magic | 12/12/1994 | See Source »

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