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They are the best thing to happen to pure carbon since the diamond: 60-atom molecules that are neither pyramid shape (like diamonds) nor hexagonal (like graphite) but spherical, like soccer balls. Captured for the first time in 1991 in computer-generated "snapshots" (seen here with cesium-based handles -- the rabbit ears on top), these namesakes of Buckminster Fuller might someday be fashioned into tiny ball bearings, featherweight batteries or even superconducting wires that are just one molecule thick...
Symington, who won election last February in large part on his record as a successful businessman, called the suit politically motivated and "pure garbage." In a point-by-point rebuttal during a 90-minute press conference in the pink stucco-and-granite Ritz-Carlton Hotel that is part of the Esplanade, Symington denied any wrongdoing and called the RTC an example of "government run amuck...
...Lyndon Johnson is like conducting a monstrous archaeological dig, with authors desperately collecting the shards from his mountainous record. Some are intent on assembling the dark glints, while others gather points of light. Joseph Califano, his closest aide on domestic policy for 3 1/2 years, has delivered a hard, pure nugget of L.B.J. that is close to the truth. Califano was there taking notes...
...that could have left Iraq with some Kuwaiti territory and oil. But the real obstacle this time was a different worry. On one level it was as the Governor stated: he had -- and has -- an obligation to resolve New York's fiscal crisis. At another level it was politics, pure and simple. Cuomo knew what an aide to George Bush confided only a few hours before the Governor announced that he would not run in 1992: "We don't want to face Mario. But if he goes, the Republicans in Albany will tie him up for months. His budget will...
...idea of using pure nicotine to help smokers stop was first tried in the mid-1980s with the nicotine-laced chewing gum Nicorette. The drug provides relief from the symptoms of physical withdrawal -- anxiety, difficulty concentrating -- so that people can focus on the behavioral side of their addiction. But Nicorette has proved disappointing, largely because heavy smokers have trouble getting a sufficient dose to match their craving. In addition, the gum can cause soreness in the mouth and upset stomach. Patches overcome these shortcomings by steadily pumping the drug directly into the bloodstream. After a month of daily...