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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...
...atmosphere within the organizations is political and petty, and the political turf wars can turn ugly. The juniors try to kill off their classmates for that one position atop the pyramid, while the first-years and sophomores have the tough task of trying to pick the correct junior to brownnose...
...better reflect current nutritional knowledge, the USDA began redrawing the chart three years ago. The result: the "eating-right pyramid." While the new guide keeps the basic four food groups, it dramatically shifts the dietary balance. Cereals and grains, fruits and vegetables are stressed by being placed in the broad lower area of the pyramid; meat and dairy products occupy a narrower upper portion; and fats and sweets are consigned to the "use sparingly...
...Unhappy with the new geometry, the meat and dairy industries began pressuring Secretary Madigan to prevent the pyramid from being publicly disseminated. One month after he took office, just as the pyramid was going to press, Madigan caved in. His rationale: the new chart needed more study, specifically concerning children and low-income Americans. Never mind that it had already undergone extensive consumer tests and review by 30 government and university experts...
...less sexually loaded images. The New York Times, rarely in doubt about Salle's virtues, hailed the new works as "Rococo," presumably because they are all pale, some have harlequins, and one of them recycles a bit of 18th century decor -- figures in a Roman landscape beside the Pyramid of Cestius. Such is the history of style...