Word: acidly
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...hostility toward immigrants extends far beyond the points of entry. On Feb. 2, an Indian immigrant was beaten and set on fire by local youths in Nettuno, near Rome. Last month, two unidentified men in Athens threw acid on the face of a Bulgarian migrant worker. Xenophobia and competition for scarce jobs was blamed for the rampages last summer in South Africa that killed scores of immigrants from Zimbabwe and Mozambique...
...people who did this to me don't want women to be educated. They want us to be stupid things.' SHAMSIA HUSSEINI, one of 11 Afghan girls who returned to class after being attacked with acid two months ago en route to school...
...Coulter, because she would spew hot acid at the audience. And Sarah Palin would be really fun. And Benjamin Disraeli, even though he’s already dead...
...third trimester, and when premature babies miss this critical period in utero, doctors believe they may need to make up for it through either the breast milk or formula they are fed after birth. Earlier studies have shown that about 1% of a baby's total third-trimester fatty-acid intake comes from omega-3s, but by comparison, only about 0.2% to 0.35% of the total fatty acids in breast milk and infant formulas come from omega-3s. So, it makes sense that supplementing preemies' diets with omega-3 fatty acids, the same brain-boosting oils found in deep-ocean...
...exported e-waste ends up in Guiyu, China, a recycling hub where peasants heat circuit boards over coal fires to recover lead, while others use acid to burn off bits of gold. According to reports from nearby Shantou University, Guiyu has the highest level of cancer-causing dioxins in the world and elevated rates of miscarriages. "You see women sitting by the fireplace burning laptop adapters, with rivers of ash pouring out of houses," says Jim Puckett, founder of Basel Action Network (BAN), an e-waste watchdog. "We're dumping on the rest of the world...