Word: airtight
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Olive wants nothing less for Verena than an airtight existence as her personal protege and possession. For a time, things work out: Verena is genuinely fond of her mentor, discloses her every thought and act, and shows promise as the darling of the East Coast parlour circuit as she delivers feminist addresses to fashionable audiences...
...With no airtight scientific evidence available to prove the issue on either side, scientists and bureaucrats rush to back what seems most plausible or, some claim, what seems most politically comfortable. But the available evidence, Meselson's claims notwithstanding, appears to favor the government's contentions...
Constructed primarily of several thin layers of polyethylene, foil and paper, the containers can keep milk and other liquids fresh for several months without refrigeration. Reason: the airtight packaging seals in its sterilized contents. That has been a crucial marketing aid in countries where transportation and refrigeration are limited...
...slipped to 7% during the scare, but has now rebounded to 24%. Tylenol's new wrapping offers triple protection: 1) the outer box is glued shut; 2) the cap and neck of the bottle inside the box are encased in a form-fitting shrink seal; and 3) an airtight foil seal covers the opening underneath. Like some other manufacturers, Johnson & Johnson says it has not raised prices to cover the extra 2.4? that these safeguards add to the cost of the package...
...like everybody else?" Turner's answer ("Because I'm in last place") was to the point, although not exactly an airtight defense. At that very moment three other owners were last in their divisions, and only Turner was trying to escape on the back of an ostrich. Since that ignominious year, the Braves have risen to first in the National League's Western Division, and Turner no longer threatens to manage. But in a way that tends to astonish all of the people some of the time, and infuriate some of the people all of the time...