Word: burnes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John O'Hara is rarely included in reading lists of American literature courses, nor do graduate students burn to write dissertations on him. But Bruccoli's biography is the first step in the right direction. O'Hara deserves more attention. He was not the best of those who wrote about his time, but no one could deny that he was a professional, or that he wrote honestly and well...
...Veins. Can that ambitious goal be met? For all coal's advantages, the answer is far from certain. The industry can assemble the men, money and machines to do the job. It nonetheless faces severe problems of geography, technology, labor relations and, above all, ecology-how to burn more coal without unacceptably fouling the nation...
...more promising technique captures the sulfur as the coal is burning in a special furnace. Developed by Michael Pope, a New York consulting engineer, this "fluidized bed combustion" system will soon be tested by the federal Energy Research and Development Administration at a power plant in Rivesville, W. Va. Early experiments show that the new furnace not only causes coal to burn more efficiently, but also actually converts the sulfur into a useful soil enrichener...
...this century. At that time, the region should have 64 mines exporting coal, 25 new coal-fired electric power plants and 41 plants to convert coal into natural gas. In the Four Corners area where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado meet, another 14 generating stations are planned to burn coal from nearby mines. Four are already built, sending electricity by wire to consumers as distant as Los Angeles and El Paso-a cheaper and less polluting process than shipping the coal to be burned at power plants in metropolitan areas...
Referring to the heat Carter had taken on his tax statements, Powell laughed and said to nearby press, "See. You bastards tell us to get specific. And when we do, we burn our ass on 'em. Kinda like spittin' to windward...