Casually — while the meal was going down — the boys raised the subject of poisonous vipers, gave their estimates of the contents of local dens, told stories of snake encounters, and so forth.
As the European and local elections approach, we are again subjected to poisonous propaganda from the far right, who seek to extend an exclusive claim over "Britishness" and who purport to represent our country's heritage.
The rate of subjects attempting suicide by poisonous gas was significantly higher in males while that of subjects attempting suicide by drug overdose was significantly higher in females.
Conversely, Democrats, having watched the way the Republican candidates have ripped into one another over the last month, are anticipating that Obama will be subjected to a poisonous campaign backed by hundreds of millions of dollars.
He sits happily right at the start of it, the subject of that potent, at times poisonous cocktail of show business, glamour, and surprising seriousness.
"And we should subject our products to the same poisonous dyes used by foreign companies, if that's what it takes to compete".
The environmentalists' underlying assumption is that nature, free of man's interference, is generally benign and stable; yet much of the scientific evidence suggests otherwise (for instance, the climate is subject to big natural fluctuations; many plants are poisonous).
Forensic investigations revealed that after rendering his female victims unconscious by administering poisonous carbon monoxide, Christie strangled the women, as well as subjecting them to a violent sexual assault.
He was author, with John Morgan, of An Essay on the Operation of Poisonous Agents upon the Living Body (1829), the first English book on the subject.
