Word: noxiously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hulls of pleasure boats were discolored by discharges from the steel plants of Gary, Ind., the oil refineries of Hamilton, Ont., and the paper mills of Green Bay, Wis. Raw sewage was regularly added to the noxious brew. Said a 1970 joint U.S.-Canadian report: "Approximately one-third of the United States shoreline [on Lake Erie] is either continuously or intermittently fouled with bacterial contamination...
...from the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) suggested that MATEP be allowed to install the diesel engines it needs to produce energy. Way back in January 1978, another DEQE official said "no" to the diesels, and community groups--which fear the power plant may send clouds of noxious nitrogen dioxide into their homes--let out a resounding cheer...
...duel stems from certain noxious remarks made by Mr. Holmes. To wit; "Stalin was a great man, and Russia needs more of them"; "Russians and other Orientals are the intellectual inferiors of other races"; and "I want to be President...
...freshman in Massachusetts Hall, who asked not to be named, said Monday she occasionally felt jolts and heard explosions at night coming from Atkinson's room. She added that some students had complained about noxious fumes in the halls. Another student said Monday that Atkinson's "activities have not caused a furor in Mass Hall...
...mountain ranges, the area receives an average of 10 in. of rain a year, usually all at once, vs. 36.5 in. in more fertile northern Pakistan, near Kashmir. In summer, temperatures can rise to 130° F. In winter, they can fall to subfreezing levels. Desert scorpions and other noxious fauna abound. Prolonged exposure to Baluchistan can be fatal: when the army of Alexander the Great marched across it on the way home from India, two-thirds of the men died. But local folklore has it that Baluchistan's towering hills are carpets covering vast troves of mineral wealth...