Word: acidic
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...becoming the leading additive in diet colas. In 1995 and 1996, misinformation about aspartame that linked the chemical to everything from multiple sclerosis to Gulf War syndrome was widely disseminated on the Internet. While aspartame does adversely effect some people - including those who are unable to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine - it has been tested more than 200 times, and each test has confirmed that your Diet Coke is safe to drink. Nor have any health risks been detected in more than 100 clinical tests of sucralose, a chemically altered sugar molecule found in food, drinks, chewing gum and Splenda...
...feel as if your radical acts have been successful? How do you measure progress? The Mount Rushmore action happened right before Congress was supposed to take a very close vote on the acid-rain bill. That bill did pass shortly after that, requiring a 50% reduction, so that one was successful. Certainly the whaling campaigns have been successful. We've seen from experience that this kind of aggressive approach can be more successful than the insider, smoky-backroom approach larger environmental groups are using...
...hour-long musical comedy Glee, about a misfit show choir at an Ohio high school, has a different set of dramatic inspirations: High School Musical and teen soaps, which it throws in a blender with a squirt of pop-candy syrup and a generous dose of acid. But Glee is more than a send-up. Like its Fox sibling American Idol, it's equal parts laughing at and thrilling with; if it didn't also genuinely, earnestly love its music and its characters, it would become sour and unwatchable quick. Seeing a football team do a choreographed play to Beyonc...
...waits 15 to 30 minutes and repeats the process about three times. Then he tests the grave to make sure that the stone can “breathe,” which means that it will be able to release the pollutants that may seep into it due to acid rain and smog...
...makeshift laboratories. For terrorist groups, however, the risks of TATP are outweighed by the advantages. The white, sugarlike powder is lightweight and nearly odorless (the better to evade bomb-sniffing dogs) and contains no nitrogen (foiling scanners that detect nitrogenous bombs). Its basic ingredients - acetone, hydrogen peroxide and acid - are readily available in beauty supplies and home-improvement products. Al-Qaeda operatives have been using the stuff for years...