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Word: composting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1992-1992
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...statement that "Nobody has any use for old orange rinds and apple cores" shows complete ignorance of a recycling alternative known as "composting." Rapidly biodegrading materials such as food and leaves can be put in a compost pile which uses a self heating process to turn this otherwise "garbage" into fertile soil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off by Five Billion | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

...quipped that "Baker can't walk on water, but he knows where the rocks are." A highly organized and disciplined manager, Baker is expected to quickly shape up the White House and campaign staffs, which have piled up "counselors to the President" and "senior strategists" like layers on a compost heap. He is taking his own core staff of four seasoned political operatives from the State Department, and he will hack through tangled lines of authority by working with such trusted, longtime allies as campaign chairman Robert Teeter and Budget Director Richard Darman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: George Bush: The Fight of His Life | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

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