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...semiannual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago. He says that the substance, mixed with plastic during the manufacturing process, is easily attacked and broken down by enzymes normally found in topsoil. When these additive particles are gone, the once glassy and impermeable plastic is left as a porous, sponge-like substance that naturally decomposes in the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Making Plastic Rot | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

...stocky, sure-gloved fielder who has driven in 55 runs. Along with Shortstop Bill Russell, a third-year converted outfielder who has finally shaken a case of the fumbles that plagued him in 1972, Lopes and Cey have helped plug the Dodgers' once woefully porous infield. Leading the way in the outfield are the sharp-hitting veterans Manny Mota (.346), Willie Crawford (.308) and Willie Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boss of the Babes | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

Utilizing a paper-I offense that employs hard-nosed running backs Dan Malone and Horace Bradshaw, the Big Red should slice through the porous Brown defense like a not knife through cheese...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Yale Faces Penn in Key Ivy Grid Tilt | 11/10/1972 | See Source »

...other hand--in the season's opener against UMass--Harvard displayed a frighteningly passive defense, featuring a porous secondary and a sleepy-eyed linebacking corps that allowed itself to be riddled by the passing of one Peil Pennington, en route to an ignoble 28-19 setback...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petering Out | 10/13/1972 | See Source »

...Harvard defensive backfield can ill afford the loss of Golden who, on the afford the loss of Golden, who, on the basis of a strong pre-season performance, had been heavily counted on to provide much-needed secondary help. The Crimson pass defense in Saturday's game was porous at best, and Pennington's pinpoint possing devastated the belly of the zone with slant patterns and clothes. The Umass serial attack gained 210 yards passing on the afternoon, and over 150 yards of that come on patterns run into the vulnerable midsection of the some...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Ligament Injury Will Sideline Golden; Restic Plans No Changes in Secondary | 10/3/1972 | See Source »

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