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...think differently. This is eco-assault on an epic scale. The prairie here in the northeast corner of the state is punctured with 480 open mine shafts and 30,000 drill holes. Little League fields have been built over an immense underground cavity that could collapse at any time. Acid mine waste flushes into drinking wells. When the water rises in Tar Creek, which runs through the site, a neon-orange scum oozes onto the roadside. Wild onions, a regional delicacy tossed into scrambled eggs, are saturated with cadmium--which may explain, local doctors say, why three different kidney dialysis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tragedy Of Tar Creek | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

Before the ink on Jenna’s geeky school photo has dried, the popular crowd struts down the hall in a cloud of hot pink and sparkles. Led by blonde side-ponytail styled Tom-Tom, constantly sporting bangle bracelets and acid wash denim, the self-titled “Six Chicks” have mastered both the complicated walk-while-chewing-gum combination and the snide remarks to Jenna and her road-less-traveled, slightly pudgy (read: loser) friend Matt. Jenna is, like, so not cool. Her only solace is to wish of a future circumscribed by her favorite...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: 13 Going on 30 | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...Madvillain. And these snide guys are off at the races, galumphing off from rhyme to rhyme and hitting off everything from Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four years—the influence for MF Doom’s style—to Mutley, the dastardly companion of acid-washed 70s cartoons starring Dick Dasterdly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...Basically, it was a very strong acid so it was causing lots of fumes,” said Camille I. Johnson ’06, a student in the class. “It smelled pretty...

Author: By Claire G. Friedman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HCl Spill Evacuates Science Center | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

...sustained injuries, but students said that some of the acid splashed onto Dennis’ shoes...

Author: By Claire G. Friedman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HCl Spill Evacuates Science Center | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

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