Word: acridity
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...blasting P.L.O. and Syrian positions in West Beirut, the Israelis also struck nearby civilian buildings, including the Soviet embassy grounds, hotels, private residences and even a sanitarium. Rescue workers dug with their hands in the rubble for victims as the wail of ambulances sounded throughout West Beirut. The acrid smell of cordite filled the air. Splintered glass and chunks of concrete littered streets lined with tottering, half-collapsed buildings...
...some immediately burst into flame as they were hit by debris from the explosions, while others were blown by fierce winds back into the inferno. The winds whipped up huge flames aboard the landing vessels, and then, as fuel tanks exploded, the ships were enveloped in black, acrid smoke...
Like the Bordeaux that tastes fresh on the palate, but that fades and leaves a slightly acrid aftertaste, the 1982 Harvard women's lacrosse team may merely have needed a little more time...
...feet above the water level, damaged two large compartments and when inside the ship, exploded outward and upward. It hit the center of the ship, the center of all operations-mechanical, detection, weaponry. Within 20 seconds, the whole working area of the ship was engulfed by black, acrid, pungent smoke...
Adding to De Lorean's problems, word leaked out that company executives last month voted themselves "performance bonuses" of some $800,000. Although the extra pay was rescinded after a public protest, the bonuses nevertheless became a bitter issue during an acrid debate last week in the House of Commons. Conservative M.P. Alan Clark indignantly claimed that the government had been "subsidizing the extravagant life-style of a lot of American...