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  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web.         17-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists modicum  [  MOD-i-kuh' m  ]   [  adjective  ]   MEANING :   a moderate or small amount   USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :   If George Bush had a modicum of integrity, he would admit that the war in Iraq was not intended to free the Iraqi people from an oppressive and murderous regime but simply for US companies to take control of Iraqi oil assets.   USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :   We must assume that Thompson and Rogers were both ordinary country lads who fancied a life with a modicum of excitement, a bit of a uniform, and a small but steady wage instead of being a farm hand. BBC, Abermule Disaster 1921, 24 April 2007 ...

  If you're having trouble viewing this email, see the Question of the Day and Tip of the Day on the Web.         17-Jan-12 TestFunda Home  |  Sign up for Newsletters  |  Feedback CAT Question of the Day Another major industry of the later Industrial Revolution was gas lighting. Though others made a similar innovation elsewhere, the large scale introduction of this was the work of William Murdoch, an employee of Boulton and Watt, the Birmingham steam engine pioneers. The process consisted of the large scale gasification of coal in furnaces, the purification of the gas (removal of sulphur, ammonia, and heavy hydrocarbons), and its storage and distribution. The first gas lighting utilities were established in London between 1812-20. They soon became one of the major consumers of coal in the UK. Gas lighting had an impact on social and industrial organisation because it allowed factori...