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Karp says he and Langer’s team recently created an elastic, waterproof, and biodegradable polymer called “biorubber” in the search for a safe tape-based clinical adhesive. Biorubber, Karp said, is “bio-compatible,” and it would not cause a serious inflammatory response if used in surgery...
...While politicians haggle over whether it’s safe to carry a handgun on the streets, the umbrella menace remains unspoken in the halls of our out-of-touch government. In fact, members of Congress may be seen regularly strolling through security brashly waving their umbrellas. Last March, an aide to Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) provoked an uproar when he accidentally tried to bring a pistol into a Senate office building. Sadly, the national media has taken a far more tepid interest in the scores of umbrellas that enter the building each...
...plane with his wife, his staff and his daughter, Meghan, who trailed an entourage of friends, bound for Indianapolis. On another night, he would have sauntered to the back to chew the fat with reporters. But on this night, he only came halfway down the aisle, keeping a safe distance. "Everybody happy?" he called out. "Fun day. Fun day." McCain's eyebrows bounced up and down to signal his sarcasm...
When Dr. Hakki returned to Iraq in 2003, the major hurdles facing him and other aid workers were those of the organizational and infrastructure kind, not bombings and beheadings. He recalls many late nights driving home safely along Haifa Street, a central Baghdad artery that later became a safe haven for insurgents and snipers. Back when it was safer, Dr. Hakki had to drive down the wrong side of the street because U.S. Marines were busy using the other side for nighttime soccer matches with neighborhood kids. For goalposts, says Dr. Hakki, they used their helmets and body armor. Nowadays...
...have been forced to abandon their homes by a combination of local rebels, government forces and bandits, but receive far less attention. And few in the town have many illusions about how much help they'll get if or when their Darfuri visitors feel it is safe to return home...