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Word: glycolized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Modern museum gather, they talk about "The Weather Project" - and how Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson's installation leaves them feeling foggy. While visitors have been dazzled, Tate staffers say they've been disoriented by a yellow mist in which a representation of the sun drifts. The haze is glycol, a harmless sugar-and-water mix often used to create atmosphere in nightclubs. The cure? A bit of fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 10/26/2003 | See Source »

...meantime, that nasty karate master is coming straight at me: a kick to the groin should do the trick. A Foggy Idea It's guaranteed to leave car thieves mist-ified. SecuFog, the latest auto-security device from Germany, is a small metal cartridge filled with a mixture of glycol and water and attached to a vehicle's regular alarm system. When the alarm is activated by a break-in, a 12-volt impulse turns the mixture into an impenetrable fog, filling the cabin in seconds and preventing thieves from driving away. Even with all doors open, it takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

...containers holding a lubricating oil and a glycol mixture used as a coolant leaked inside the truck but did not make it out onto the street, according to Thomas J. Aicardi, executive vice president of Triumvirate Environmental, the company that owns the truck...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chemical Spill Shuts Roads | 10/29/2002 | See Source »

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