Word: wax
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Astronomers believe that stars are condensations of the dust and gas that drift through space, so they watch dark or bright nebulas with special eagerness. Some of them contain "T Tauri variables":*faint stars that wax and wane irregularly. They light up the dust near them, which makes them look fuzzy, and they are so numerous in certain dusty regions that astronomers have long suspected that they are formed from the dust...
Early last year the West German firm of Peter Meyns bought sodium bichromate and potassium bichromate (used in tanning leather) and paraffin wax from the U.S., had the chemicals shipped to West Germany. The Glasgow firm of Arbuckle, Smith & Co., a topnotch forwarding outfit which ships most of the Scotch whisky to the U.S., then stepped in and bought the consignment. Shortly afterward, the U.S. Commerce Dept. charged that Arbuckle, Smith had shipped the chemicals to Red China, where they would bring $100,000, or almost double their U.S. price. The Bureau of Foreign Commerce asked Arbuckle, Smith...
...wax, not a paste, Spray Glaze is a special Du Pont silicone glaze. It outshines wax and other films, lasts as long or longer, yet costs no more than a wax...
Last week, when The Chocolate Soldier went on the air, Designer du Pont was on hand with a Flit gun. If any dress or suit was too bright or shiny for the TV cameras, he was there to spray it with liquid wax to dull the luster. As TV's top costume designer, Du Pont knows that there is a limit to how brilliant a dressmaker should be. That limit is reached when viewers start looking at the clothes rather than at the people wearing them...
...wax, Fooling around, the way a boy will...