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• A community of matter appears to exist throughout the visible universe, for the stars contain many of the elements which exist in the Sun and Earth.
  It is remarkable that the elements most widely diffused through the host of stars are some of those most closely connected with the living organisms of our globe, including hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, and iron....
• Florence Flask was ... dressing for the opera when she turned to her husband and screamed, "Erlenmeyer!
  My joules! Someone has stolen my joules!" "Now, now, my dear," replied her husband, "keep your balance and reflux a moment....
• You'll find radical Berkelium in sunny Californium.
• The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion.
  Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability....
• It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for 2 years. -- Tom Lehre
• platinum-iridium adj. Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured.
  Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris....
• platinum-iridium: adj. Standard, against which all others of the same category are measured.
  Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris....