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Seal these rifts with puttylike rope caulk and begin shrink-wrapping before winter’s icy grip takes hold.

A: Installers of new wood floors spread a puttylike goop across the wood, scraping it into any cracks with a stiff scraper.

Bomb experts with the New York Police Department found that the eight bricks of C-4 explosive, totaling about 10 pounds, lacked identifying markers known as taggants, which manufacturers were required to include in the puttylike compound beginning in 1997, said Paul J. Browne, the department’s chief spokesman.

But others have small foam, plastic or puttylike nodules sewn into the fabric, allowing the shorts and the padding to bend more than traditional pads around the target area, which is more likely to appeal to players who worry about a negative impact on their range of motion.

Sample items: �A new, puttylike material for oxygen masks that can be molded to fit the individual airman's face?for men who cannot fit standard rubber oxygen masks.