Exemplary aromatic polyepoxides that can be used in the present invention include the polyglycidyl ethers of polyhydric phenols such as: Bisphenol A-type resins and their derivatives, including such epoxy resins having the trade designation ???EPON??? (e.g., ???EPON 828??? and ???EPON 1001F???), available, for example, from Resolution Performance Products, Houston, Tex.; epoxy cresol-novolac resin