Word: poisonously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...granting some tax relief to the poor, but above all, would also depress demand and lessen the nation's dependence upon overpriced, inflation-fueling foreign oil. But in the end, the President was swayed by the arguments of his political advisers. They warned that such a proposal would be poison at the ballot box and have practically no chance of being enacted by the Democratic Congress...
...unwritten Island etiquette that lends itself to long-term co-existence, an existence that excludes off-Islanders. Aliens are not wise to the shallowness of water over there or the good fishing over here. Islanders know, and wouldn't be foolish enough to ground their boats, pick up poison ivy, or try to fillet an eel for supper...
...from Athens, when a small coastal steamer brought the prisoners to the mainland. "On hand to greet them was a crowd of over 2,000 screaming, weeping Athenians," Byron reported. "As the ship was sighted over the horizon, the crowd roared, 'Greece's heroes! Long live democracy! Poison to the E.S.A. dogs!' When the prisoners-journalists, educators, politicians, actors-came down the cargo ramp, thousands of arms hugged them. Many of them were pale and undernourished. They were showered with flowers and smothered with kisses. The incredible demonstration went on undiminished for an hour...
...hoped for. Supplementing its diet with varied and copious helpings of other insects and frogs, the cane toad may live for 40 years, grow to be eight inches long and three pounds in weight, produce up to 40,000 eggs a year, kill cats and dogs with a glandular poison it secretes, and upset the natural balance of some areas...
Without dope, Clapton drinks more. He feels, perhaps optimistically, that he sweats out the poison in performance...