In 1940, Mrs. Clara Hale learned that she could become a foster mother. During the next 25 years, she became "Mommy" Hale to over 40 children of all ethnic and religious backgrounds.

As problems associated with drug abuse exploded in the Harlem community, Mrs. Hale's family implored her to take action. Within six months, she had 22 babies of heroin-addicted women in her five-room apartment. Soon, she had helped establish a home for infants addicted before birth. It was the

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Gluons

Gluons are the carrier particle for strong interactions. They are responsible for the binding force that confines all color-charged particles to form hadrons, such as protons, neutrons and pions. The resulting hadrons have no net color charge.

Nuclear Forces

Residual strong interactions between the color-charge neutral hadrons are responsible for the "strong nuclear force" -- the force that binds protons and neutrons

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