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...millenniums, the process of ozone production and destruction has been more or less in equilibrium. Then in 1928 a group of chemists at General Motors invented a nontoxic, inert gas (meaning that it does not easily react with other substances) that was first used as a coolant in refrigerators. By the 1960s, manufacturers were using similar compounds, generically called chlorofluorocarbons, as propellants in aerosol sprays. As industrial chemicals, they were ideal. "The propellants had to be inert," says Chemist Ralph Cicerone, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. "You didn't want the spray in a can labeled 'blue paint...
...associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, knew Bishop personally. The interviews Schwartz used in his thesis were the first the poet had ever given about her work, he said. "She was very shy about her poetry, and I was nervous about how she would react to my idea," said Schwartz...
...know how they will react with the pressure off," McElreavy said. "We will just have to wait [until Yale...
...like a political campaign--we have to be flexible and react to what they are doing," Taylor said. "We want to know who to call upon when we have to. When we need literature, we will have it written...
Still, some tobacco watchers think the innovation has the potential to transform the industry. Says Marc Cohen, a consumer-goods expert at the Sanford C. Bernstein investment firm: "The $64,000 question is: How will consumers react to it? Will smokers be satisfied? Will nonsmokers be satisfied?" If the answer is yes, the smoggy poker game, and other familiar scenes, could become a thing of the past...