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KRAZY GLUE Harry Coover accidentally discovered cyanoacrylate, the substance in Krazy Glue, on two different occasions: first when trying to create a see-through plastic for gun sights during World War II and then years later, in 1951, when at Kodak attempting to develop a heat-resistant polymer for jet canopies. Both times the new substance was too sticky for his needs. Kodak marketed it in 1958 as an all-purpose, supersticky glue. In Vietnam, medics used it to save lives, sealing cuts before injured soldiers reached a hospital...
...arduous race witnessed three rounds of voting—two resulting in ties, and one canceled because of security flaws with the online voting system. With Leng garnering a clear victory in each of the votes, Cullen and Geoffrey D. Kearney ’07 remained in a dead heat until this final election, when Cullen’s total finally exceeded Kearney’s by a significant margin. “The results of this election were not as close as the previous elections,” said Samita A. Mannapperuma ‘06, who is outgoing...
...Getting Iran referred to the Security Council would be a major step forward in U.S. and European efforts to turn up the heat on Iran, but it is no panacea. China and Russia, both of which have significant economic ties to Iran, are not likely to agree to trade sanctions. Instead, the Council may begin by simply demanding that Iran comply with its obligations under the NPT. It could then move to more limited forms of sanction, such as imposing travel restrictions on members of the regime. Less clear is what might happen if diplomatic pressure fails to persuade Iran...
...York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's presidential prospects, claiming that his particular brand of tough-talking, socially moderate conservatism would never play south of the Mason-Dixon Line. But Rudy has never been one to listen to conventional wisdom, and lately at least, he has been turning up the heat in southern conservative political circles...
...which Arafat founded in the 1950s. The militant group has performed well in local elections over the past year, taking control of many important municipal councils. A poll released last Friday by an independent Palestinian firm, the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, put Fatah and Hamas in a dead heat, with Fatah taking 32 percent of the vote and Hamas taking 30 percent.Blanc said that the political situation in the two weeks has calmed considerably, despite Hamas’s participation and the political fallout from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s debilitating stroke...