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garbage: see solid waste solid waste, discarded materials other than fluids. In the United States in 1996, nearly 210 million tons—about 4.3 lb. (2 kg) per person daily (up from 2.7 lb./1.2 kg in 1960)—were collected and disposed of by municipalities. ..... Click the link for more information. . garbage Computing invalid data How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I would sooner my daughters were lying dead at my feet than see them listening to the garbage of that shameless fellow. Here was a great hole, perhaps two city blocks square, and with long files of garbage wagons creeping into it. Far more mysterious than the call of sex to sex is the tenderness that we throw into that call; far wider is the gulf between us and the farmyard than between the farm-yard and the garbage that nourishes it. |
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