Word: liquidation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Only 3% of the world's water is fresh, and 75% of that is locked away in glaciers and the polar ice caps. The scramble for what is left is growing ever more intense, as the water table falls and toxic chemicals make some supplies undrinkable. Saving the precious liquid can be simple: use a water-conserving shower head, which can reduce consumption by more than half. For older-model toilets, put a brick or two in the tank, since they use 7 gal. of water per flush. Better yet, install a new ultra-low-flush toilet that...
...same verse. The machine will obligingly display Psalm 23: 4. Can't recall the exact words? A built-in thesaurus lets the user search through synonyms. The machine also provides - pronunciations for proper names (Enoch is EE-nuck). A handicap for some will be difficulty in reading the enhanced liquid-crystal display, whose resolution is still inferior to that of larger, more expensive personal computers that can process Bible-reference software...
...quite surprised when my lab instructor told us we had to buy liquid nitrogen; in the U.S.S.R. we just take it," Putilina said...
With the cost of the relief operation mounting, Ankara has been pressing Bulgaria to allow ethnic Turks to dispose of their property before departing and to take their liquid assets with them. So far, the departing Turks have had to leave their homes and most of their belongings behind. According to their new Bulgarian passports, they are merely going on vacation. Not so, says Miemin Durmusev, whom the Bulgarians renamed Ana Ivanovna Dimitrova. "We're never going back...
...point of scientific interest is Neptune's rings. Indirect evidence suggests that they exist, but as arcs rather than true rings. Voyager's photographs may help explain how they formed. The space probe will also examine reddish Triton, whose methane atmosphere is believed to overlie a surface puddled with liquid nitrogen...