Word: plante
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tank of chlorine sprung a leak at a Cambridge water filtering plant yesterday, releasing a pool of highly corrosive liquid into the surrounding area and forcing a smallscale evacuation of the area around Fresh Pond Reservoir...
...workers in the plant were sent to the emergency room at Mt. Auburn Hospital for minor respiratory problems resulting from the leak, officials at the scene said. But a team of 43 Cambridge firefighters managed to contain the leak shortly after noon...
Ever since the Japanese introduced the kudzu vine to America at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the broad-leafed creeper has been a much maligned nuisance. Like some omnivorous green space monster, the irrepressible plant has spread across the Southeast, smothering everything from telephone poles to abandoned cars...
...nutrition: Japan consumes 1,500 tons of kudzu starch yearly as an ingredient in gourmet foods, beverages and herbal medicines. Now, attracted by the suitable land and climate in the South, the Japanese food-processing giant Sakae Bio has bought 165 acres in Lee County, Ala., to cultivate the plant. The locals are scratching their heads, but as one banker in the county puts it, "You have to assume they know what they are doing...
...that count he is amply qualified. His communication skills have been recognized ever since he was first sent on the road in 1966 to persuade skittish dealers of the merits of the front-wheel-drive Toronado. Later he helped defuse a bitter environmental fight at a major new plant site. Associates say he has a photographic memory for both faces and statistics. While Stempel was general manager of Chevrolet in the early 1980s, he gave a detailed presentation of 17 different vehicles, ranging from the subcompact Chevette to medium-duty trucks -- all without referring to notes. "It was an amazing...