Word: acidity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shouting for their favorite songs. One of those old '60s rock groups now on tour? Not quite. The crowd is old enough to be Stones fans, but these tunes are not about getting satisfaction or spending the night together. Instead the two guitarists are singing of spotted owls and acid rain...
Lawyer who has brokered thousands of prisoner exchanges. Though close to Honecker, he is by reputation a defender of freedom of travel who impresses Westerners with his acid criticisms of the East German system's rigidity. He has spoken out against the recent jailing of peaceful protesters...
There may be something perversely cathartic about earthquakes. For some time mankind has been in the business of manufacturing its own disasters -- wars, acid rain and other pollutions, drugs, a globe aswarm with refugees. Perhaps it is a relief for a moment to be face to face with a disaster that man did not invent, a cataclysm that has at least a sort of innocence of origin in larger powers...
...very small percentage of the population is `scientifically literate," Molnar continued. "Many people think that acid rain is caused by radioactivity, that DNA is a food additive...
...Acid rain, overpopulation and global warming are inspiring international cooperation, but they are provoking "ecoconflicts" as well. -- How the U.S. can exercise leadership in the Third World. See Environment...