Word: watered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dutch, dependent on the Rhine for nearly half their drinking water, closed off the sluices that fed the river into purification plants. As rumors swept The Netherlands that nerve gas had contaminated the Rhine, police warned farmers to evacuate their cattle from riverside meadows. Some intrepid souls who still take dips in the rancid waters were dragged from the river. Within hours, tons of dead fish began drifting, belly up, across the border...
...insecticide called endosulvan and marketed as Thiodan. A sulfurous acid ester, endosulvan is described by its manufacturers, the Hochst chemical works just west of Frankfurt, as harmless to warm-blooded animals, including humans, even though one microgram (less than one three-millionth of an ounce) in a quart of water is enough to kill coldblooded fish...
...Ironically, we ran into just what we had intended to avoid by coming to England early," said two-man Dave Tyler. "We know that it takes time to become acclimated to the time change and the difference in food and water, and we had figured that by arriving here a week early, we could be in optimal shape by the opening round...
...Britain's tangled views of the monarchy will come into focus next week within the ancient limestone walls of Caernarvon Castle. On Tuesday afternoon, the royal carriage procession will jog through the town to the castle's Water Gate. When Charles arrives, the state trumpeters of the Household Cavalry will sound a fanfare. His personal banner, carrying the arms of Llywelyn the Great with the coronet of the Prince of Wales in the center, will be broken out over the castle's Eagle Tower. Then Charles will be conducted by Lord Snowdon, the Constable of the Castle, to the Chamberlain...
...cost-$350,000-was high. But then so is the fountain, which is designed to shoot a steady stream of water 600 ft. up into the air. It is, in fact, the highest in the world. (Switzerland's Jet d'Eau, rising 426 ft. out of Lake Geneva, provided the inspiration...