Word: carbonation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said that one day early this semester, she noticed faxed materials could be read off the carbon if held up to the light. Some of the faxed correspondence, Caves said, looked like solicitations to museum donors which Stager had not seen...
These children have a strong framework of morals and a clear perception of what is right and what is wrong. And while children who commit "carbon copy" crimes aren't necessarily immoral, they aren't easily able to see the distinction between television and reality...
...beginning to burst its seams economically, technologically, culturally. When Kennedy took office, the American economy was growing at a little more than 2% a year. By the end of 1963, the growth rate was nearly 6%. He came to office in the days of carbon paper, mimeograph machines and flashbulbs. Three years later, jet airliners, interstate highways, direct long-distance telephone dialing, and Polaroid cameras were speeding up people and life. New things and words were appearing almost every day: ZIP codes, Weight Watchers, Valium, transistors, computers, lasers, the Pill...
...concept of cloning, not the reality, to which the media and the public reacted. It conjured up visions of baby factories, mass-produced humanity, a world populated by carbon-copy people. The reaction was overwhelmingly negative: A Time survey showed that 75% of those polled believed that human cloning is not a good thing, and 77% want cloning research to be temporarily halted or banned altogether...
Another option is to buy one of the many filters or other water-purifying devices on the market. Be sure to choose one that specifically removes the toxins turning up in your water. Carbon filters, for example, are good at purging organic compounds, such as pesticides and solvents, but they will not remove minerals or most heavy metals. And one of the more elaborate devices, a distiller, is excellent at taking away heavy metals but is not effective against chloroform and benzene...