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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...
...humorist and purveyor of driveling banalities. Like his television pieces, many of Rooney's columns can't be taken more than a few minutes at a time. There's a limit to how many little mysteries of daily life one can absorb in a sitting or two. Essays entitled "Glue," "Hangers," and "Pennies" lose some of their off beat charm when they follow the likes of "Bathtubs." "The Refrigerator," and "Donuts...
More important, And More presents Rooney not only as an aggravated observer but also as one who appreciates life's small pleasures. Thankfully, he gradually begins to address things that, while they may go unnoticed as glue, remain more important, interesting, and enchanting than cost hangers...
Ranging out from such subjects as bathtubs, glue and how long one's hair would be if it were never cut, the perplexed investigator eventually reaches the White House. It must be difficult to live where you labor, Rooney muses. He distrusts those working breakfasts. "Hadn't the President already had a little something before he sat down with all those people...