Word: dam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meeting on Western water problems in Denver, Carter was gently chided for his drive to curtail large dam projects by Democratic Colorado Governor Richard Lamm, who claimed that in just one year the value of Colorado crops fed by stored water exceeds the cost of the state's 73 water-reclamation projects. As in Detroit, Carter showed surprising knowledge of regional conditions, noting that, unlike Georgia, Colorado does not help conserve water by metering its use in homes. But, also as in Detroit, while Carter was cordially received, he left his audience vaguely dissatisfied by his failure to propose...
...mine owners that sounds like an appeal to recognize, and even give their blessing to, a state of anarchy. Under Miller's leadership, they point out, man-days lost because of the unauthorized strikes have more than quadrupled; the total so far this year is 2.3 million. Most dam aging were a series of brushfire walkouts that spread from West Virginia to Kentucky and Ohio this past summer, idling many mines for eight weeks. Though Miller personally appealed to the men to go back, his pleas were ignored. Mine owners-whose negotiating team is headed by Joseph Brennan...
...home booters fought valiantly through the opening period, however, playing the visitors fairly evenly for the opening half hour. Then the dam broke...
Yamaguchi's faith proved well founded. Army engineers attempted to control the lava by exploding water bombs designed to cool the molten rock and dam its flow, but found their efforts ineffective. Hawaiians tried more traditional means. Flying over the crater, they sacrificed three bottles of gin to the angry goddess. Last week Kilauea gave a final mighty burp and dozed off. The lava flow topped and began to cool into black rock -only some 400 yds. from Kalapana...
They were out of it early, when Harvard built a 21-7 lead before most of the tailgaters had digested their lunches, and they were out of it late, when a varied assortment of Crimson defenders plugged the leaks just when it appeared the dam might break...