Word: toxicants
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this story’s mise en scène seems far too obvious. After all, Litvinenko was poisoned with Polonium 210, which is 250 million times more toxic than cyanide. In order to get this obscure substance experts said one needs access to a nuclear laboratory. And the only reference to it as a weapon was found in a 1994 paper only published in, you guessed it, Russian. But even more importantly, why would the quite professional Russian secret services murder someone slowly, giving them over three weeks to blame them, and do it with a substance that could...
...revival of her reputation by proclaiming, "There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!" The cue for his effusion was George Wilhelm Pabst's 1929 German melodrama Pandora's Box, in which Brooks plays Lulu, an innocent beguiler who radiates sexuality so unself-consciously toxic that it drives men mad - beyond lust, to disgrace and murder...
...event of a real fire, given the worrying number of Eliot residents who remained inside despite the alarm, there is a far more pertinent question as the Eliot community reflects on the house’s 75th birthday, celebrated this past Thursday. In the face of silly toilet handles, toxic flooding, false alarms, and one very unhinged fireman, what can Eliot do to restore itself to glory? For what it’s worth, we think we have the answer. Bring Ben Folds to the Fête...
...TIME asked Snow what he meant by that, and his answer served as a preview of points he can be expected to make frequently in the days ahead. "What've you've had is a very toxic atmosphere," he said. "Democrats have decided, and Nancy Pelosi has said as much, that the strategy is to tear down the President. While that may be effective as a political strategy, and I have questions about that, it's not good for the country and people are bored with it. When you have a war on terror that's not going...
...Chemical has spent billions of dollars defending lawsuits derived from its production of dioxin, Agent Orange and other toxic substances. Now CEO Andrew Liveris is determined to turn the $46 billion conglomerate into a pre-eminent eco-friendly operation. TIME's WENDY COLE spoke with Liveris, 52, about going green, how the U.S.'s civil-justice system is dysfunctional and why he's not ready to buy a hybrid...