Word: wetness
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...word is abhesive, and it was coined by a scientist several years ago to describe something that refuses to let other material cling to it. The substance that inspired the word is a peculiar and promising product called Teflon, a slippery white plastic that feels something like a wet bar of soap.* Discovered in 1938 almost accidentally by Du Pont scientists who were working on fluorocarbon refrigerants, Teflon has other valuable properties: it will burn only when directly exposed to flame, is a superior electrical insulator and resists tears and impact...
After the kidnap-slaying of a rich widow's young son, police chase the two killers to the wet end of a jetty in the harbor at Cannes. Suddenly, three men step forth, each claiming that he is an innocent bystander and the other two the culprits. All their alibis seem as dubious as their morals...
...weather has been just about as warm in Hanover as in Cambridge recently, and the snow has begun to melt on the courses. Dartmouth has hauled snow in by truck from the surrounding countryside, however, and the tracks should be covered, if somewhat wet, for the races...
...they don't register) to translate any combination of digits into an easily remembered phrase. Thus the number of the CIA-351-1100-becomes AH ME, CUBA BAY, OY. The New Yorker who wants to call A.T. & T. to complain about all-digit dialing dials GO WAG A WET YOYO...
About 200 enthusiastic 'Cliffies have been riding the bus each day, according to Harmon, but twice that number are needed for the service to break even. HSA organizers are increasing publicity and praying to cold, wet weather to encourage more girls to take...