Oil slick from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea, September 2009. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.il slick from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea, September 2009. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.
kin - group of people related by blood or marriage. clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe. social group - people sharing some social relation. mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); she invited the whole mishpocha.
The other child, Mickey, remains with his natural mother and is brought up in poverty. As they grow up, the twins become friends, they discover that they were born on the same day but never realise they are twins. They form a pact, cut their thumbs and join them together to become Blood Brothers.Bill Kenwright's production of Blood Brothers, now in its sixteenth year, is an outstanding piece of theatre. The story centres on Mrs Johnstone, an impoverished working class catholic Liverpool housewife, deserted by her husband, who discovers that she is again pregnant.he other child, Mickey, remains with his natural mother and is brought up in poverty. As they grow up, the twins become friends, they discover that they were born on the same day but never realise they are twins. They form a pact, cut their thumbs and join them together to become Blood Brothers.