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...looks like water. It pours, flows and sloshes like water. But it doesn't get things wet. Its name is 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid, and its chemical formula looks like alphabet soup. (It's technically a fluorinated ketone, whatever that means.) But you can dunk a laptop computer in it, and it'll come out bone dry and working fine. That makes this wonder fluid perfect for putting out fires in offices, computer rooms and museums. Just don't try drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: Fire Fighter | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...food worries that plagued Caley, have time to revel in their surroundings. Giant red waratah blooms stand on thick stalks like sentinels beside dark pools. Slow slugs colored electric pink and pale green come out after the rain, when the rich brown, gold and silver-gray hues of wet bark glisten. Huge flowers adorn gnarled banksia trees so old they would have been sprouting when Caley passed by. Owls call to another in the dark, and the stars, which Caley thought he was seeing when he found glow-worms in Luminous Valley, glitter fiercely. In the end, lack of food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Blue Yonder | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

Sophomore Brent Kakesako (133 lbs.) didn’t win any matches, but was able to implement the stylistic changes he is making to his play. Similarly, sophomore Nate Picarsic (165 lbs.) was able to get his feet wet after returning from an injury...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Warms Up In Tourney | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...nuanced believability not at odds with the regular and well-turned delivery of funny lines. Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 displays an excellent comedic timing and projects an overall enthralling presence as the deranged, megalomaniacal Fraulein Doktor Von Zahnd, whose triumphant ranting (delivered while wearing a soaking wet wedding gown) towards the play’s end left many in the audience rapt. Peter A. Dodd ’06, as the intense yet completely preposterous Inspektor Richard, is likewise funny and energetic, and carries his scenes with verve. In lesser, multiple roles, Carla M. Borras...

Author: By Patrick D. Blanchfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brilliance of ‘Physics’ Excites | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...Yeah, okay, they do great when its 75 degrees in pre-season, but what happens when it gets really cold?’” Murphy said. “‘What happens when it gets windy? What happens when it gets mushy and wet...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Special Kicker’ Bolsters Special Teams | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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