Word: rubberize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which can analyze exactly how the molecules of different substances will fit together. As a result, complex compounds can be made to order for specific tasks. They can be engineered to be as solid as cement yet as light as foam cushion, or sturdy like steel but pliable like rubber. Because of their superior properties, advanced materials are rapidly replacing ordinary steel, aluminum and plastics in everything from cutlery to cars. Scientists have high hopes of conserving natural commodities such as iron, wood and rubber. Says Robert Newnham, a professor of solid-state science at Pennsylvania State: "At one time...
...COURSE, you didn't have to wear nothing to get noticed at Saturday's game. On both sides of the fields, fans wore elaborate crimson and blue costumes, adorning themselves with everything from flourescent make-up to rubber chickens...
...also wearing a rubber chicken, a loan from his roommate, and a Yale tie, a gift from his uncle...
Cambridge natives and students alike might well have mistaken Harold Olejarz for any other middle-aged commuter passing through Harvard Square yesterday afternoon, if it weren't for the rubber suit...
Olejarz, whose black rubber outfit was spackled with thick white paint, perplexed onlookers as he struck mime-like poses on Mass. Ave. opposite Bartley's Burger Cottage...