Word: liquid
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...money Joe was supposed to be investing. As for the existence of a family trust, the elder Waldholtz, a Pittsburgh dentist, says it's news to him. That's bad news for Enid's father, who, according to Enid's statements to investigators, allegedly turned over $4 million in liquid assets to the couple in a swap that was supposed to bring him real estate from the presumed trust...
Silverman arrived in 1993, aiming to make short work of his Herculean task: draining liquid plutonium from leaking containers, venting drums of hydrogen to prevent explosions, baking plutonium metal for storage in sealed vaults. But he and cleanup contractor Kaiser-Hill ran into a brick, or rather a paper, wall. Of the 250 cleanup "milestones" set by the EPA and Colorado's Department of Health and Environment, only two dozen spelled out concrete action. The rest mostly involved producing one report after another, generating much paper but no progress. Scores of internal policy directives, set in place...
Inconvenience and expense are also factors. The Sabin vaccine comes in a sweet-tasting liquid, but the Salk vaccine can only be injected. Parents and youngsters will not welcome another shot in the already packed vaccination schedule. The injections cost more ($4.99 a dose in the public market vs. $2.27 for the live virus) and may mean another trip to the doctor. Some are worried that the immunization rate, particularly in inner cities, will drop...
...second enticement to this collegiate haven is that for those without a discriminating taste for beer, those possessing an admirable tolerance for the watered down liquid on tap, a respectable college drunken stupor is a mere ten dollars away...
...just as the world spun crazily again, and the trailer was upended with a crash. Now the trailer was lying on its roof; Malcolm started crawling along the ceiling, trying to reach Sarah. He looked up at the lab equipment locked down on the lab benches, above his head. Liquid dripped onto him from a dozen sources. Something stung his shoulder. He heard a hiss, and realized it must be acid...