The design of the round can include features to prevent these failure modes such as the application of some form or waterproofing coat such as varnish shellac around the primer, and the application of a suitable crimping pressure to ensure a tight fit of the projectile in the cartridge case.

But the prospect of war in Europe now seems like a remote threat, and the varnish of the EU s past success seems to have faded, even to those who have not forgotten the bloodstains beneath.

What about Westerners accepting their Muslim fellow citizens' culture beneath their own varnish of human rights, asked a young Swedish Palestinian journalist. No doubt guidelines for further discussions on this topic will be useful to politicians of the European Union.

In various permutations, the audio disc format became the primary medium for consumer sound recordings until the end of the 20th century, and the double sided 78 rpm shellac disc was the standard consumer music format from the early 1910s to the late 1950s.