Word: acidly
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When it became apparent that there was acid on the ice and no replacement zamboni was forthcoming, the game was officially postponed around...
...said the second zamboni may have leaked battery acid or antifreeze...
...that destroy ozone. Large quantities of methyl bromide and other halogen-containing chemicals are pushed skyward in biomass fires. Such fires could be the source of most of the bromide getting to the ozone layer and destroying it. Large quantities of sulfur dioxide are also emitted that can increase acid-rain fallout. The U.N. needs a program to discourage deliberate biomass burning. JAMES A. SINGMASTER III Fremont, Calif...
...history tutorial, we were debating whether one could have a truly comprehensive understanding of what life in America was like during the 1960s. And it was on this subject that my tutorial leader started raving about Tom Wolfe and his 1968 book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. My TF insisted that reading Wolfe's account of the hippie era was and still is the best way to really get a sense of what the 1960s were like; other historical sources paled in comparison. The book was the best source by far. Tom Wolfe was just that good...
...Bloch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. He shared the award with Feodor Lynen, a biochemist from Munich. The men received the prize "for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism," according to the transcript of the award presentation speech...