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  • Can't we simply agree to ignore the outgassings of the worst Vice President in the history of this country? annette papaccio

    Inouye Calls Cheney Attack 2009

  • The bland and unhurried surface bore in spots a frothy green scum, sign of methane-rich outgassings, but otherwise screened the secret speed of the layer a meter down, streaming out from the distant shoreline and carrying the fat, triple-finned glowlife which hugged together in swarms for protection in the rust-rich waters.

    Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984

  • Impacts or crustal disturbances could have placed stresses on the geological structures so that outgassings from fissures, the ocean, or lakes may have poisoned large numbers of people, not to mention the record of tsunamis that is now called into question.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Not carpet, admittedly, but also not as many outgassings. (

    mrissa: Before we go with the ball pit option mrissa 2010

  • Recent investigations of Saturn’s best-known features seem to indicate that the ‘E-ring’ is largely composed of material from the recently-observed outgassings of icy moon Enceladus, among other things.

    E Is For Enceladus | Blog | Futurismic 2006

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