Word: acidity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Physicist Louise B. Young gives one possible reason: the discharge of high voltages into the air can produce ozone, a form of oxygen with three (rather than two) atoms in its molecular makeup, and oxides of nitrogen. Ozone can oxidize or "burn" healthy tissue, and nitrogen oxides form nitrous acid and one of the major components of smog. All of these might well affect people and plants that live near the lines...
...predictable cast of characters and they go through standard performances. For example, the anguish of decision: "Anchovies leave a fishy taste in my mouth," says one of a duo. "But pepperoni gives me acid," says the other. "Well, you don't come to Frank's for pizza and get one without anything on it," the first returns. "Well, all right. Mushrooms," they decide...
...That acid quip summed up the attitude of most of Congress's Democrats, and a great many Republicans, toward the appointment of Houston Attorney Leon Jaworski as Archibald Cox's successor. They were even more determined than before to create a special prosecutor independent of the Executive Branch. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged his colleagues to delay action on Nixon's nomination of Senator William B. Saxbe as Attorney General in order to take up the special prosecutor legislation first...
Rita's ophthalmologist husband (Martin Balsam) is stolid and bumbling, and she can rarely bear even his lightest touches. A son has drifted into homosexuality, a daughter tolerates Rita impatiently. Rita's relationship with her mother (etched in dry point with just the slightest drop of acid by Sylvia Sidney) has become a series of long, grumbly quarrels. Rita, in short, cannot connect properly or rewardingly with anyone she cares about...
...outrigger in back to keep the front of the car from rising too high on takeoff. But Jenkins and his crew of six mechanics make sure that the resemblance is only paint-deep. To prepare the car for its ordeals, the team marinates its body in an acid bath to eat away 120 Ibs. of excess weight. The hood and rear deck are replaced with lightweight Fiberglas panels. His $70,000 engine produces nearly 650 h.p. against a normal...