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Neoprene leaves the factory as little chips in 50-lb. bags, but depending on the resins it's mixed with, it can be made thick or thin or can be "foamed" with tiny air bubbles. So the possible shapes and silhouettes are endless. Patricia Fields, stylist for TV's Sex and the City, thinks that like down, neoprene ultimately will be prized for its ability to insulate and will be used for shoes and leg warmers. Another advantage: sheets of neoprene don't have to be stitched together but can easily be glued with adhesives made from--you guessed...
...veto any attempt to pass one so soon. Germany, while it has no veto, takes over the chairmanship of the Council in February, and the government of Gerhard Schroder is committed to standing against war. His coalition partners in the Green Party can cause serious trouble for Schroder's thin majority if he bows to U.S. pressure. "We committed ourselves to say no," says Christian Strobele, a stalwart Green pacifist who nearly brought down the government when Schroder sent troops to Afghanistan. "That can only mean that even on the Security Council, we cannot consider giving our assent...
...hard to gauge what these dramatic developments portend, for despite scientists' best efforts, Antarctica--the highest, dryest, coldest continent on the planet--remains a climatological cipher. For example, while it is clear that the Antarctic Peninsula--a thin sliver of land that juts above the Antarctic Circle--has been rapidly warming, the vast empty spaces of East Antarctica, repository of the greatest ice sheet on earth, appear to be doing the opposite. "Here we have a continent that is so important to our future," says earth scientist Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago...
...portraits of famous men and women--in a Gwyneth Paltrow gown, in a Groucho jacket fold--placing a numeral next to his signature to indicate how many Ninas appeared therein. It was the niftiest Sunday parlor game, a gift from the Shavian Santa who, with the delineation in a thin line, created the joy of seraphic graphic art. --By Richard Corliss...
...just succeed not only as an indicator of larger body-image and confidence problems among teens who choose vegetarianism, but also as a warning shot for young vegetarians. You may think you're eating healthfully by avoiding meat, but here are some low-protein pitfalls you could face: thin, brittle hair, bad skin, low energy. These are problems teenage girls care about - and they could be massaged neatly into a palatable pro-meat message...