Word: turbidity
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...weeks, the Senate lay becalmed in a turbid filibuster sustained by a coalition of Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans. Chief among the obstructionists was Dirksen. The bill, as passed by the House, provided federal protection for civil rights workers. In the Senate, however, Minnesota's Walter Mondale gambled by adding an amendment to end discrimination in the sale or rental of 97% of the nation's housing units...
...social manner is equivalent to wearing a sign that reads 'Please Don't Kick Me' "> to Buzz Off, Buster (the woman who leads a man to water and then waxes wroth when he attempts to drink). Even the nonprofessional reader, after dipping into Berne's turbid prose, will soon realize that the games under discussion, despite their whimsical trademarks, are seldom played...
...seated colossi of Abu Simbel have stared fixedly across the Nile and the Nubian desert toward the rising sun. By 1970, they will continue their vigil from the top of the sandstone cliff that now rises behind them, leaving their ancient site under 200 f of turbid water...
What, for example will be the effect of air on the study habits of the thousands of students who, every month, now challenge the turbid stench? Will it weaken the program of freshman seminars? Will it attract or repel the junior faculty? And, assuming a Federal grant is available to support the purification, will accepting such funds upset the balance of the University...
...Bloomsbury is still held dear as well as precious, critics say he listens acutely and speaks with distinction. They have greeted all five of his novels (e.g., Voss, The Tree of Man) with little civil cries of educated pleasure. U.S. reviewers have been somewhat less impressed, and this turbid allegory will do little to improve the impression...