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Strom Thurmond: R, South Carolina (1) 79 Ernest Hollings: D, South Carolina (5) 33 Dianne Feinstein: D, California (30) 29 Dan Coats: R, Indiana (26) 28 Chuck Hagel: R, Nebraska (39) 28 Byron Dorgan: D, North Dakota (31) 25 William Frist: R, Tennessee (36) 25 Orrin Hatch: R, Utah...
...surface of the earth each day contains 6,000 times as much energy as is used by all countries combined. Studies show that covering the existing flat-roof space of many cities with solar cells could meet half to three-quarters of their electricity needs. In the U.S., North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas together are swept by sufficient wind to meet the electricity needs of the entire country...
Link has been prospering domestically too. It says total sales will come close to $100 million this year. In 1994 it bought out Dakota Trail, Inc., adding a 50-worker plant in Alpena, S.D., to the Minong factory, which employs 325 workers. Export sales are growing faster, though, and the company is eyeing Costa Rica, Malaysia and Nicaragua as potential new markets. Within two years, it expects exports to account for 25% of total sales. All of which Jay Link sometimes finds hard to believe. Says he: "For us to come out of a town in the north woods...
...feel deeply in love with the country, not just Cambridge, but Nebraska, Tennessee, North Dakota...," she said. "At the same time, the South African government decided it would not be a good idea for me to return...
...wealthy benefactor named Stanford Adelstein, the institute will make a serious bid on Sue this week. And it's no secret how South Dakotans feel about the prospect of bringing their T. rex home. Said Governor William Janklow in a statement released by the institute: "She belongs in South Dakota. She lived and died here, and we want her back...