It is made from a blend of crushed rock, rubber and polyurethane, a synthetic plastic that replaces bitumen as the binding agent and allows even bigger pores in the road surface.

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The group infused a plastic-like polymer with microscopic capsules containing a liquid healing agent.

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At his office near Bellingham, Washington, Special Agent Paul Weyland of the US Fish and Wildlife Service pulls a large plastic bag out of a freezer.

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In earlier testimony Friday, an FBI agent who looked through a window of Terry Nichols' garage and saw plastic barrels like those believed to have been used in the Oklahoma City bombing testified Friday that he thought the FBI had Nichols' consent to search his property.

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To hit his targets, the agent in Uttan Gaon must process each of the residents, who perch in turn on a red plastic chair, in 12 minutes or less.

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Since plastic was first synthesized in the early 1900s, it has evolved into everything from lifesaving medical devices to a softening agent in hair conditioner.

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