TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The stabilizer comprises alkaline earth metal salt, a metal chelate, a boron compound, and/or silicon-containing small-molecule. The boron compound comprises a boric acid derivative. The boric acid derivative comprises a boronic acid. The boronic acid comprises phenyl boronic acid. The stabilizer comprises calcium chloride. The metal chelate comprises a metal acetylacetonate complex. The metal is Al, Li, V, Ni, Zr, Mn, Ca, or Mg. The disiloxy units have the formula ((CH3)(C6H5)SiO2/2) or ((CH3)2SiO2/2). The stabilizer is a silanol condensation enhancing agent.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Composition: The curable composition further comprises a solvent. Preferred Definitions:    R2=phenyl;    R1=methyl or phenyl.    EXAMPLE - A 5 l 3-neck round bottom flask was loaded with a Dow Corning 217 Flake (RTM: phenylsilsesquioxane hydrolysate) (280.0 g) and toluene (1000.0 g). The flask was equipped with a thermometer, Teflon (RTM: polytetrafluoroethylene) stir paddle, and a Dean Stark apparatus attached to a water-cooled condenser. A nitrogen blanket was applied. The Dean Stark was prefilled with toluene. An oil bath was used for heating. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 30 minutes. After cooling the reaction mixture to 108 degrees C, a solution of diacetoxy terminated PDMS was added. The diacetoxy terminated PDMS was prepared by capping a 184 dp silanol terminated PDMS (720.0 g, 9.690 moles Si) dissolved in toluene (500.0 g) with a 50/50 wt.% mixture of methyl and ethyl triacetoxysilanes (23.88 g, 0.1028 moles Si). The solution was mixed at room temperature for 30 minutes under a nitrogen blanket. The diacetoxy terminated PDMS was added quickly to the phenylsilsesquioxane hydrolyzate solution at 108 degrees C. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 2 hours. At this stage, a 50/50 wt.% mixture of methyl and ethyl triacetoxysilanes (34.27 g, 0.147 moles Si) was added at 108 degrees C and the mixture was refluxed for 1 hour. Deionized water (158 ml) was added and the aqueous phase removed through azeotropic distillation using a Dean Stark apparatus. This procedure was repeated 2 more times to reduce the acetic acid concentration. Product solution was pressure filtered through a 5.0 mu m filter. Cast sheets were optically clear. A 32 oz. jar was loaded with 500.0 g of the above product in a toluene solution and calcium chloride (25.0 g). The solution was mixed for several hours and then left for 5 days at room temperature. The material was pressure filtered through a 5.0 mu m filter. Cast sheets (test) were optically clear. The sheet exhibited gel time (days) at 40 degrees C of 60. A 1 l 3-neck round bottom flask was loaded with a phenylsilsesquioxane hydrolyzate (51.2 g) and toluene (160.0 g). The flask was equipped with a thermometer, Teflon stir paddle, and a Dean Stark apparatus attached to a water-cooled condenser. A nitrogen blanket was applied. The Dean Stark was prefilled with toluene. An oil bath was used for heating. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 30 min. After cooling the reaction mixture to 108 degrees C, a solution of diacetoxy terminated PDMS was added. The diacetoxy terminated PDMS was made using toluene (76.11 g), 184 dp Gelest DMS-S27 (RTM: silanol terminated PDMS) (108.8 g), and a 50 wt.% solution of ETS-900 (RTM: alkyltriacetoxysilanes) in toluene (Dow Corning, 7.79 g). The diacetoxy terminated PDMS was added quickly to the phenylsilsesquioxane hydrolyzate solution at 108 degrees C. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 2 hours. At this stage a 50 wt.% solution of ETS-900 in toluene was added and the mixture was refluxed for 1 hour. Deionized water (30 ml) was added and the aqueous phase removed through azeotropic distillation using a Dean Stark apparatus. This procedure was repeated 2 more times to reduce the acetic acid concentration. Cast sheets were optically clear. The resulting sheet was a grabby elastomer at room temperature. Product showed Mw of 144000 (excluded free resin), OZ of 6.56 mole%.