Word: acidizing
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...tight clothes himself. In the third floor's living area, for example, a squishy sectional sofa, designed by Ueli Berger in 1972, is crowned by a spiky Serge Mouille wall light and flanked by a 1952 Harry Bertoia Bird lounge chair and ottoman. Downstairs on the second floor, an acid-yellow Marc Newson kitchen and the red molded fascia of a Raymond Lowey sideboard interrupt a general theme of soft whiteness. Though Brunel insists the apartments are "places in which things must be touched, places made for living," some may feel inhibited by what seems like...
...will bring us to ruin. Fossil fuels - coal, oil, and natural gas - have powered economic development for two centuries, and without them we'd all be stuck in poverty. But we've learned step by step of harmful side effects. First we learned that coal-fired power plants created acid rain, so we changed the rules of the game to insist on smokestack scrubbers to eliminate pollutants like sulfur oxides. Second we learned that automobiles produced pollutants that caused smog, so we changed the rules to insist on catalytic converters. Now we've learned that the carbon dioxide produced...
There is a difference, however, between the problems of carbon dioxide emissions and those of acid rain or smog. The carbon dioxide emitted by power plants, automobiles, steel mills and home furnaces doesn't just affect our local environment or the lakes and forests a few hundred miles downwind; it accumulates in the atmosphere and affects the entire planet. U.S. emissions are changing the climate in Africa and Asia, just as the soaring emissions of China are affecting America's climate. The results are already deadly, causing failed crops in Africa, killer heat waves in Europe, extreme droughts...
Everyone wants to help the environment. And Alaska has a lot of environment to give. In the face of deforestation, global warming, and acid rain, we need to stand strong to protect our wilderness heritage. We must unite for the environment—unite around Alaska...
...shortly after Kidman’s husband, John Turturro, makes an unexpected visit. Suddenly, Baumbach seems to pour every hateful word he can extract from Kidman’s character into the dialogue, rendering her no longer the frigid matron but the spiteful shrew of the story. She spews acid at everyone from her sister to her own son, seemingly devoid of compassion. The relatable qualities of her character are spoiled, and, while Black and Leigh devolve into the crazies they’re destined to be and Pais’ character is pushed more and more into Kidman?...