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Word: sulphurously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hung Gulf Coast bristles with a staggering concentration of chemical plants-enormous, surrealistic jungles of piping, gleaming spheroids of tanks and stacks-and with miles of great oil refineries, tank farms and factories. The combined Gulf ports handle more export tonnage than New York. Texas produces 80% of U.S. sulphur, almost half of its natural gas, and a lion's share of that Texas delicacy, chili powder. Texans make B-36 bombers in the Consolidated Vultee

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: King of the Wildcatters | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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