> [...] Now throw the clipping away, as newsprint is so > acidic that it will eat itself and most other things it comes in > contact with. > > Gerry In the mid 1950s I cut out from the Washington Post a couple of articles about parthenogenesis in turkeys. I pasted the articles onto blank white paper - using the inexpensive paper and washable glue that my parents provided for their children's school work etc. Every now and then I come across them. Each time I am amazed by the fact that the newspaper does not appear to have aged, presumably because of the glue paste (whatever it was). [email protected] (cecilia)