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Word: goo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wingate also reports a bright spot amid the goo. The Bermuda cahow, a rare marine bird supposedly doomed by pesticides flushed into the ocean, is apparently staging a comeback. This year the world's last 24 pairs of cahows have produced twelve healthy chicks. A likely reason, Wingate thinks, might be that the rising tide of floating tar is at least temporarily absorbing the harmful pesticides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Week's Watch | 6/14/1971 | See Source »

...Rockingham Park, after a rain, things are different. The Rockingham Park track does not drain rain water very well. After a rain most of the track is a mire of heavy goo, but the rail still has the hard cushion. The answer is that the running surface is sloped a little towards the infield right near the rail. The rain water that falls near the rail drains off quickly...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: The Scientist Can Take Rain | 7/31/1970 | See Source »

...Plop. A rotten tomato slides down his chin. "But we're spending $200 million in California this year on improving our service." He is hit with an egg. "Cables, switches, personnel, everything." A cream pie splatters over his face. "Thank you for your patience," he mumbles through the goo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: The Mea Culpa Campaign | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

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