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HOUSTON—A tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the United States as a potential hurricane, the National Weather Service…

When we work with raw materials and bring out their potential, such as turning rough wood into an elegant chair, we perfect them. We come to know those materials—and through them, the world—more intimately. We also enhance our world, even…