Yentl syndrome n.— «Although a series of high profile publications in the early 1990’s documenting less invasive investigation and treatment in women generated intense interest in the arena of gender bias, some more recent reports assert...
crypto n.— «“Crypto” is usually not life-threatening. But in 1993, an estimated 403,000 residents of the greater Milwaukee, Wis., area became ill when an ineffective filtration process led to the inadequate removal of...
chicken-in-the-basket n.— «Wearing a beaded scarlet top and black skirt, she began with the Irving Berlin standard “Blue Skies,” which suffered rough treatment at the hands of a ruinous chicken-in-the-basket funk rhythm...
non-point adj.— «Water pollution can come from what scientists call point and non-point sources. Point sources are obvious, like industry and wastewater treatment facilities. Non-point sources are harder to identify, like storm water run...
point adj.— «Water pollution can come from what scientists call point and non-point sources. Point sources are obvious, like industry and wastewater treatment facilities. Non-point sources are harder to identify, like storm water run-off...
Fort McMoney n.— «At Suncor Energy’s Millennium oil sands project, just north of Fort McMurray, Alta., the unmistakable odour of black gold drifts up from the ground and hangs thick in the air.…The locals have taken to calling this...