Word: sulphureous
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...very few leading men with the gift of delight: I?d want Kevin Kline on Broadway each year, and Martin Short in any musical comedy. (Short could play both main roles in The Producers, perhaps simultaneously.) But no one exudes the musk and majesty, the showbiz sulphur, of BSM. The New York Times called him Broadway?s ?last leading man?; but that doesn?t touch his regal stage presence. He?s more like the one true king...
...gene from a plant that can cause allergic reactions is added to a previously safe food that caused no allergies, this new genetically modified food becomes a disguised killer. One study tested natural soybeans that had been genetically altered by implanting a gene from Brazil nuts to increase their sulphur content. These soybeans, which had caused no allergic reaction previous to being genetically modified, now caused potentially fatal allergic reactions in those people with nut allergies. Since the GM soybeans are not labeled—they are not differentiated from natural soybeans at all—there...
...mind: Why are you still single? Or put another way: What the hell's wrong with you? One guy speaks only to my cleavage. Another mistakes the event for speed ranting and spends the interval complaining about his job. Three minutes with a man who smells like dirt and sulphur is an eternity. Of the seven men that I date, there are two I would like to get to know better. It would be three, but I scare off the cop with the sweet smile when I enthusiastically ask how many dead bodies he's seen. Well, now he knows...
West African oil is low in sulphur, which makes it easy to refine. Because most of it lies offshore, foreign oil companies don't have to deal much with locals beyond a few government officials and hired labor. Transport is easy too, with no pesky Persian Gulf or Suez Canal to navigate. Recent fighting in Ivory Coast is a symbol of West Africa's volatility, "but it is not as dangerous as the Middle East," says George Ayittey, of the African Oil Policy Initiative Group, a lobbying group based in Washington. The National Intelligence Council, a Washington think tank, expects...
...danger of disengaging from their symbolism. Toward the end of her journeys, Finlay visits the "Color King," Lawrence Herbert, whose New Jersey company, Pantone, has catalogued more than 15,000 shades of basic colors. But, as it turns out, Herbert is replacing his exquisite descriptions?"wood violet" and "sulphur spring" are two?with drab numbers. "Computers don't need names," he huffs. "People talk about 'barn red,' but they never saw a Scandinavian barn in their life...