Word: carbons
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Even legally permissible levels of air pollution can lead to heart and lung disease. The culprits are tiny particles created in the burning of such carbon-based fuels as gasoline, oil, coal and wood...
...last time Kevorkian hauled out his carbon monoxide mask, Michigan's lawmakers decided it was time to shut down his practice. In February the state declared his specialty a felony punishable by up to four years in jail and a $2,000 fine. Three previous attempts to charge the doctor with murder had failed, and his opponents relished the chance to make something stick. The A.C.L.U. challenged the law, and Kevorkian promised to postpone any further medicide until after the court reached a decision. But apparently he ran out of patience...
Pepsi, to me, was the perfect beverage. Coke was a bit too dry, and Dr. Pepper had too heavy a taste. Its delightful carbon dioxide bubbles tickled the nose and the throat as you sipped it. The mild after taste was just acrid enough to make the next taste that much more pleasant...
Everything that I loved about Pepsi is gone in Crystal Pepsi. The flavor is bald and unrewarding--too plan and not sweet enough. It goes flat too quickly, killing the little carbon dioxide bubbles. The after taste is oppressively heavy, and makes it difficult to quaff an entire serving of Crystal Pepsi...
...reverse that trend is to discourage the use of fossil fuels by raising energy taxes. Clinton has already proposed a tax on various forms of energy that would take the country about a quarter of the way to the target for carbon dioxide reduction. But even this modest proposal is running into opposition, and it is hard to imagine a more ambitious tax getting anywhere on Capitol Hill...