Word: acidic
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...used to take refuge in our house in Kampala to escape her oppressive father; he tried to force her into a marriage and she killed herself. My chemistry teacher, also a Hindu, fell in love with a Muslim woman; her family whisked her off to Pakistan and he swallowed acid in the school laboratory, dying for love. A distant relative in Tanzania was charged with hiring killers to murder her oldest son, his wife and their babies because her husband threatened to disown her favorite younger boy. The papers called her "Lady Macbeth"; she fled to Pakistan and died alone...
...power of the President to override congressional oversight in time of war. A 2003 memo by John Yoo, a former Justice Department official, which was declassified last week, went so far as to discuss the potential of the President to approve the maiming, drugging or applying "scalding water, corrosive acid or caustic substance" on detainees...
...since taking office in 2006, but demonstrators squeezed by spiraling food costs say they're tired of waiting for a solution to their constant hunger. "We used to be hungry enough to drink Clorox," a local mechanic told TIME by phone from Port-au-Prince. "Now it's battery acid - it gets the job done quicker." Last week, Preval had said he understood the frustrations, and quipped that if people started to protest, they should stop by the palace and pick him up. In an ironic twist, that may have prompted them to break into the palace Monday. Preval...
...beats within the style that has defined you may seem to make the most sense artistically, but for Del it seems to detract from the appeal of his overall sound; the work of a true producer is sorely missed. While funk may be the world in which he lives, acid rap is the world in which he best creates. But don’t despair: things are looking up for the return of Deltron 0 with the release of “Deltron: Event II” right around the corner...
...which Walter and his partner in crime, foolish young dealer Jesse (Aaron Paul), had to dispose of a pair of thugs who threatened their business. By “dispose of,” I mean “kill them and then disintegrate the bodies with strong acid.” And this is just the second episode. It’s hard to have any room to get to know these characters when they’re murdering people left and right. While the premise did facilitate some nice touches of Cranston crazy, I was much more fond...