Word: collectivities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prove to be a central cause of the ozone hole, since it provides surfaces for a kind of chemistry only recently associated with reactions in the atmosphere. In a gaseous state, molecules bounce around and eventually some hit one another. But adding a surface for the molecules to collect on speeds up the reactions considerably...
...shirt: traditional bet on the outcome of intercollegiate crew races. The members of each winning boat collect the shirts of their opponents. At the sprints, the winning crew will pick up 14 shirts after the final race...
John Alexander, manager of Houlihan's in Long Beach, Calif., notes that clients collect the plastic creatures and "often hang them from their glasses or from their ears." Why so? Possibly the desperate need for new conversational gambits in singles bars. "What kind of a dinosaur is that?" sure beats "What's your sign...
Taxpayers now must put up nearly $1 million a month merely to collect on the bad loans--and have paid $31 million in similar efforts during the last three years. According to the Department of Education, it costs between 25 to 45 cents to recover each dollar on which students default...
CAPTION: Cholesterol produced in the liver can collect in the arteries, contributing to blockage...