Word: plasticizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first project involved goalposts made from a plastic-like material, but it was struck down because it was susceptible to vandalism...
Past awards have gone to projects expected to have a "ripple effect" on the whole Harvard community--for instance, the committee gave grants to Peter Sellars '80, who put on theater productions in 27 different places on campus, and a student architecture and design group which placed plastic penguins all over Sever Quad last spring. Mayman said, adding she felt those projects beneficially stirred up the community...
...with most existential dramas, the costuming and special effects are critical in establishing the play's message and mood. The spartan, if somewhat bizarre, backdrop of black plastic effectively sets the tone, while the often colorful costumes relieve the heavily symbolic drama. Some of the subtler special effects, however, detract from the atmosphere: the use of wet wine glasses as musical instruments, for example, is both superfluous and affected...
...blast remained under police guard, detectives were following up clues, and bomb experts were sifting through the ruins of the Grand Hotel. Their efforts yielded what Commander Bill Hucklesby, head of Scotland Yard's antiterrorist branch, called "significant items." Police theorize that the bomb, possibly wrapped in plastic to hide its odor from police dogs, was planted behind a panel in a bathroom of the hotel by I.R.A. "sleeper agents" long resident in England. The device was apparently detonated by a sophisticated microchip timer that could have been preset weeks earlier...
Most Presidents change in office, adjusting body and mind to compensate for advancing years or declining health. John Kennedy designed his routines to protect his ailing back. He insisted on a daily nap to keep a clear mind. Lyndon Johnson carried a plastic-encased electrocardiogram to show any doubters that his damaged heart was still pumping adequately. He napped two hours a day, then revived with a cold shower rigged for 80 lbs. of pressure per square inch over his enormous body-and great gulps of Cutty Sark Scotch. Ike went through a heart attack, ileitis and a stroke...