Word: containers
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...footfalls of the museum's 120,000 annual visitors are not solely to blame. The glass creations also contain paint, glue and wire--materials that decay over time...
Ehud Barak has been complaining for some weeks now that Israel no longer has a partner for peace. And while that may be part of the blame game for the violent clashes in Palestinian territories that have continued despite Tuesday's cease-fire agreement, it may contain a more profound truth: Yasser Arafat's claim to leadership over the Palestinians has never looked more shaky. Doubts are growing throughout the Middle East over whether the aging, ailing Palestinian leader will be able to deliver on undertakings given to President Clinton at Sharm el-Sheik to rein in militants...
...resolved, but the goodwill that first put them on the table has long since been burnt to a cinder. For now, the best Israelis and Palestinians, and their regional and foreign backers, may be able to hope for is not to resolve the conflict, but simply to contain...
...defense was so transparent that I figured Yale Coach Rudy Meredith would potentially tap a deadly resource on the field that day - the 12-year old kids from the Boston area who had turned out for the fourth annual Youth Soccer Day. Maybe next year's recruiting class will contain these pint-sized powerhouses. I have a feeling that test scores and a lack of a high school diploma won't be a problem...
Traditional bank and credit cards are pretty dumb because they contain a magnetic strip rather than a microchip that has processing capability and holds a lot more information. One smart card, Gloton says, could function as an ID, store medical history and let us use all our bank and credit accounts. And someday it could be like cash, since everything from newsstands to vending machines will have card readers. If Gloton is right, our pockets won't be weighed down by a bunch of coins--unless we still need them for flipping...