Word: act
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...Having had one 'NSync concert under my belt and after having attended the 'NSync carnival three weeks before, I felt that I was The Crimson's leading expert on the performance at hand. I arrived just in time to catch the end of their stunning opening act, Pink. As her name might suggest, Pink was all about Girl Power (which was a good thing, considering there might have been 30 guys in the audience, including the security guards). She certainly sang her heart out, but the crowd clearly wanted to see the boys. When she yelled "Are y'all ready...
...violation of the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972, which mandated that cities put all wastewater through two filtering processes before releasing it into the ocean, Boston had been pumping improperly treated sewage into the harbor for years...
While Boston began work toward compliance with the Clean Water Act, the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) repeatedly applied for waivers from the EPA, under a clause stating that coastal communities whose pollution did no environmental harm could obtain exemptions from the act...
That same year, however the EPA and Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the MWRA for violations of the Clean Water Act...
...this round of additions, the Deer Island facility was upgraded to secondarily treat all wastewater--thus fulfilling one of the Clean Water Act's original mandates--to remove 85 percent of carbonaceous oxygen-depleting matter, bacteria and suspended solids before re-releasing the treated water through outfall pipes into Boston Harbor...