Word: coppers
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...mining industry sees nothing outlandish in the risk Crown Butte proposes to take with the nation's oldest national park, and nothing funny about the claiming of ski runs by environmental jokers. Hard-rock mining (for gold, copper, silver and other metals) once ruled the Rocky Mountain states. The industry is foreign-dominated now (18 of the 25 largest gold mines in the country are owned by non-U.S. firms, most of them Canadian). Only one Western job in 1,000 is directly tied to metal mining. But mining interests have not lost the knack of command, nor have...
...create superconductors --those almost magical materials that allow electricity to flow through them with no resistance whatsoever. When scientists get the temperature high enough, superconductors could, among other wonderful things, make computers more powerful, turn electric cars practical and improve energy efficiency by offering a superior alternative to copper wiring. At stake in this competition is far more gold than the Olympic judges could ever award...
...looking towards copper," she said. "The original roof is turncoated steel--not, in my opinion, the best type of material. And it wasn't put on properly...
...some cases the flashing, the layer of material between a building's outer walls and inner walls used to keep out precipitation, has deteriorated. While all flashing wears down over time, most of the older buildings used more durable materials, usually lead-coated copper, that lasts for about 100 years, says Michael N. Litton, acting director of the Office of Physical Resources...
This little tale tells us a good deal about the way journalists live now. It reminds us yet again of the death of the press lords -- the Hearsts, the Luces, the Lord Copper of Evelyn Waugh's barely fictional Fleet Street -- men who knew their own opinions and imposed them on the media they ran. Rupert Murdoch, buccaneer owner of Fox and much else of the world's communications business, seemed to be a throwback to those spacious days (spacious for owners). But even his empire is so segmented and authority in it so delegated that the people...