Word: filth
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...vent located directly above the two bathroomstalls is covered with a gray, soot-like filth. Asimilar substance can be found in gratesthroughout the police department...
...Charles County had already been destroyed by late last week, and was worried that his home would sink as well. "What else can we do? Most people in this area don't even have flood insurance." But even if there are no outbreaks of disease because of the filth in the waters, the Midwest will shortly be suffering one of the world's worst collective backaches from the unaccustomed labor of filling the bags and muscling them into place...
...result of this court case and the images Philipon sketched, the pear became a widely-recognized satirical symbol of king Louis Philippe. Another pear image in exhibit is "Kindly Take Your Filth Elsewhere, You Brats!" by Auguste Bouquet. This colorful lithograph depicts children scribbling images of a pear on the wall of a woman's house. The woman leans out the window scolding the children. The piece's ambiguity as to whether "fifth" refers to the scribbling or to the king himself heightens the satiric impact...
...taxes, should it provide leadership by example-all sacrifice begins at the top-by cutting Congress's and the President's salaries by 10 percent and reducing their retirement plans to bring them in line with those of the American people?" It takes tremendous audacity to should such biased filth in the language of democratic poll-taking, and by doing so, Perot mocks the process he claims to promote...
...that his experience might be put to a less nefarious use. Harvard especially ought not overlook the man's talent. Sometimes I find myself repeating his angry mantra. "Clear the square," I mutter, not referring to Tiananmen. The particular quadrilateral to which I allude is that notorious pit of filth, both human and chemical, which we call Harvard Square...