| Mr. Strong, who exudes a sullen poisonousness when his character is in attack mode, strips away the harsh exterior to expose the sad truth about Lucas. |
| Does she call her a snake because she, herself, who ought to be the nurturing mother, is aware of her own poisonousness in her flawed relationship with her daughter? |
| There is more in this vein, on a sliding scale of poisonousness that quantifies Beaton's various jealousies and resentments. |
| In his first human test of the possible poisonousness of heavy water, discovered in America in 1931, Prof. |
