Word: pittsfield
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This experimental "plastic" house, built by General Electric in Pittsfield, Mass., is perhaps the most striking use so far of a new class of souped-up substances called advanced materials. These novel building blocks are basically futuristic versions of present-day metals, glasses, plastics and ceramics. But unlike conventional counterparts, the materials are made with extra ingredients that greatly enhance their performance or give them new features. By blending in stiff carbon fibers, for example, modern-day alchemists have developed plastics that are up to 10 times as strong as conventional plastics. And by mixing copper with zinc and aluminum...
...State Sen. Peter C. Webber (R-Pittsfield), a Weld supporter, questioned the accuracy of the Herald poll and said a supermajority is extremely unlikely...