Word: bottom
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...result of a long dry spell and seepage of salt water into the Charles at its mouth, the river has divided into two layers: a stagnant upper layer of fresh water and a deoxygenated lower layer of salt water. Sewage drained into the Charles falls to the bottom where it decomposes; because there is little oxygen, this decomposition produces hydrogen sulfide. And hydrogen sulfide smells...
...seems that the long dry spell in the Boston area has left the Charles low and relatively stagnant. At the same time, salt water has been coming in through the dam at the mouth of the river. Since the salt water is heavier, it sinks to the bottom, preventing the normal turnover of the river...
...result, the river has divided into a stagnant upper layer of fresh water and a deoxygenated lower layer of salt water. The sewage which is drained into the Charles falls to the bottom, where it decomposes. Since there is not enough oxygen, this decomposition produces hydrogen sulfide, which gives off the now-familiar smell or rotten eggs...
That backward and poverty-stricken bottom half of the Italian boot, Il Mezzogiorno, was long considered a good place to be from and a hard place to get to. Economically and physically isolated, a separate and underdeveloped land within a developed nation, the south stood in harsh contrast to Italy's industrialized north. Now all the old ideas about the south may have to be revised. Last week, with flying banners and ecclesiastical pomp, the Italians opened the last stretch of the 468-mile Milan-to-Salerno Autostrada del Sole, the first modern highway link between north and south...
...depends on whether I'd rather be bribed or spanked," said one girl who finally chose Goldwater, apparently feeling that a bullied bottom was preferable to a sullied soul...