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Admittedly, the general concept of the new card keys is appealing. In contrast to the traditional, metal keys that irresponsible students misplace each year, card keys provide better security. It's easier to change a computer code and issue a new plastic card than it is to change a set of locks for an entire house...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Left Out in the Cold | 4/28/1994 | See Source »

...lens is made from a new plastic called Equalens II, which allows oxygen to diffuse freely across the lens into the eye. The cornea needs oxygen for the eye to function properly...

Author: By Vivek Jain, | Title: New Contact Lens Invented | 4/27/1994 | See Source »

...plastic was developed by the PolymerTechnology Corp. in Wilmington, Mass., whichworked together with Rosenthal's team indeveloping the lens...

Author: By Vivek Jain, | Title: New Contact Lens Invented | 4/27/1994 | See Source »

...strolled through the Yard this weekend, I came upon a freshman dormitory wrapped entirely in plastic--clearly the work of the conceptualist artist and '70s icon, "Christo," who is better known for having enclosed a small Pacific island and the London Bridge entirely in Gore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Wrap on Harvard's Dorm | 4/21/1994 | See Source »

...Scott, the prison system's deputy operations chief, appeared in a doorway and intoned, "Warden, you may proceed." A microphone was lowered and the condemned man offered a brief prayer as his last statement. Then the executioner, hidden behind a one-way mirror, released the deadly chemicals through two plastic tubes into the convict's forearms. In 30 seconds, Beavers grunted, coughed and lost consciousness. Six minutes later, Dr. Darryl Wells, a local emergency-room physician, stepped forward to pronounce him dead. As the witnesses were whisked off, morticians loaded the body into a black Astro van and carted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: Execution Capital, U.S.A. | 4/18/1994 | See Source »

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