Word: tarred
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...Perhaps the best spot to enjoy the capital's new low-tar greenery is Lodi Garden. This well-kept park in the city center encloses some pleasant, leafy walks as well as a number of 15th century tombs, including that of ruler Mohammad Shah of the Sayyid dynasty, which is an early example of the style that would later culminate in the Taj Mahal. More importantly, it is also home to the Lodi Garden Restaurant, a delightful upmarket establishment that distinguishes itself by combining in one place all four rarities of the New Delhi dining scene: outdoor tables, palatable Continental...
...relief of Egyptologists, today there's no need to keep grinding up those mummies. In 1856, William Henry Perkin, a bright, just-18-year-old chemistry student, was looking for a synthetic substitute for quinine, a cure for malaria. Perkin was at home, doing experiments infusing coal tar with hydrogen and oxygen?and had failed. Washing out his test tubes, he noticed a residue that resulted in a "strangely beautiful color"?mauve. Hidden inside a lump of coal tar, writes Finlay, was "the potential for thousands of colors." This is where most of our dyes come from...
...never been salvaged at this depth before. Some experts believe that trying to recover the oil would be more dangerous than just leaving it. Since the frigid water will thicken the already highly viscous fuel oil to the consistency of tar, it is unlikely to move anywhere soon. No plans have thus been announced--at least not yet--to try to recover the tanker's 18 million gallons of oil. If the contents leak to the surface, the spill will be twice the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster
...Golden Gophers are not unknown to Harvard, as Minnesota would have been the Crimson’s next opponent had it beaten the Tar Heels at NCAAs last year...
With the Crimson’s returning veterans and a possible solution for guard mismatches, one of the few question marks for this team is height. Last year, Tar Heels guard Nikki Teasley, who recently won a WNBA title with the Los.Angeles Sparks, stood at 6’0, made the blunt observation that she could see straight over Crimson point guard Jenn Monti...