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Word: miasmal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...intrepid explorers scramble down volcanic chimneys, bathe in a grotto lined with glittering quartzes, stagger through regions of miasmal fumes and luminous algae, survive an attack by giant lizards, sail on a raft across an underground sea, get wrecked in the whirlpool that spins around the planet's axis, stumble into sunken Atlantis, and finally are sucked into a volcanic vent and blown out the top of Mount Stromboli (altitude: 3,040 ft.) into the Tyrrhenian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 15, 1960 | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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