Word: poison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Poison gas attacks. Napalm. Strafing by jets. Random executions of women and children...
...animus of the Movement, vibrant in all of Viorst's heroes, was not the nemesis of one war, of one minority--it was the nemesis of an entire machine, the ideals and values of America which caused the country to blunder into war, oppress peoples, and poison the environment. The Movement was out to get Moloch, the institution of dehumanization that is lighted on billboards and written on paychecks and that drafts the young to fight for vital interests and economic growth...
These are some of the grisly and deadly effects caused by the various sprays and gases used as chemical weapons. Partly because of popular revulsion, such poisons have not been used in large scale on battlefields since 36 gases, including chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas, killed 91,000 and injured 1.2 million (many for life) in World War I. Indeed, President Richard Nixon in 1969 renounced all use of biological weapons and first use of chemical arms. But top U.S. generals are becoming increasingly alarmed at the chemical warfare (C.W.) threat from the Soviet Union. There have been reports, which...
...Dolly Parton would be afraid to make waves. But in Nine to Five, which the three are shooting together in Hollywood, their reel-life boss is so tyrannical they spend perfectly good clock-watching time fantasizing ways to get him into hot water. Some ways are slightly extreme: rat poison in the coffee Tomlin is required to fetch him, for example. But the movie is played for laughs, and in the end stenovirtue triumphs when the underlings reorganize the office to make it function better bossless. Setting aside what Fonda calls "egos and insecurities," the three actresses are getting along...
...circulators of the statement said the mice in their rooms have survived four exterminator visits, two different types of traps and several kinds of poison...