Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Solar power has many attractions. It produces neither pollution nor radioactivity. It is inexhaustible; the sun is expected to burn with undiminished brightness for billions of years. Finally, it is abundant, though diffuse and difficult to collect. The amount of solar energy reaching the earth averages 126 watts per sq. ft. Even in a northerly location such as Madison, Wis., the amount of solar energy striking an acre of ground is equivalent to 10 bbl. of oil per day, while that hitting a roof is in most cases more than enough to meet the energy needs of the building below...
...native Georgia, pressure was building inexorably. Carter was the loner who had reached the presidency while insisting he owed nothing to any special interest. Yet quite a few groups, either because of their own successful election efforts or Carter's campaign promises, were plainly expecting to collect...
...general, good manners come easy when each actress counts her money. Kate gets $10,000 a show, the other two, $5,000. With Kate's Rookies residuals and the big commercial fees that Farrah and Jackie still collect, the Angels' robes are lined with something like $500,000 annually...
Tyler also takes on a sensitive little boy named Sam. Sam embodies the innocence Otis the owner blusters to simulate. He does things like collect toads and has fantasies of flying which he communicates to Tyler through a silver airplane ring which he calls Sky-Pilot...
...After five husbands and a few flirtations, Actress Elizabeth Taylor has managed to collect a nice little box of rocks. Among her favorite gems: the 69.42-carat Cartier diamond, the 33.10-carat Krupp diamond and the Peregrina pearl that once belonged to Mary Tudor. Soon she will be slipping her size 7½finger into a new bauble, courtesy of her current fiance, John Warner. The ring, designed by Warner himself, features a red, white and blue motif made from a ruby, diamond and sapphire, and it has been likened to a miniature fireworks display. Chances are, the design...