Word: bucket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...California's American River provides a case study in the realities of water politics. Governor Jerry Brown, an ardent environmentalist, had campaigned for office as an opponent of new dams, but the severe drought, which has forced some of his Northern California constituents to haul water by the bucket, has changed Brown's mind. When Carter put Auburn-Folsom on his list, Brown came out in favor of the project, which is designed to irrigate 29,000 acres and provide supplemental water to 387,000 more. Brown's stand in favor of building the Auburn...
...billion bbl. of oil in the U.S. by 1982. Carter will advance the date to 1980. In the event of a new embargo, that amount of oil would give the U.S. just under a one-month reserve at present consumption rates, a small but worthwhile drop in the bucket...
...years. While at home she stays trim with a regimen of exercise and yoga and a low-sugar diet. On the road her style is more inner-city Holiday Inn than posh hotel. "They're like motels without cars-you can go down the hall and get a bucket of ice," she figures. "It's also fun to run into all those salesmen I used to know when I first got into the business...
...Colorado. California's refreshed farmers reveled in the rain, and mountain ski operators romped in the snow-but federal weather experts warned of ominous signs that the blocking pressure "high" might be reforming. It was also clear that the accumulated moisture was but a drop in the bucket of water needed to prevent massive crop failures, hydroelectric power shortages, widespread economic losses, and mounting tensions over water allocations this summer and fall...
When play resumed Ackerman began his whirling performance with a bucket at 18:28 on which he drew a foul...