Word: dammed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...offering long-term development loans to be repaid in ore, and directly investing in their overseas sources of supply. In Queensland, Australia, Mitsubishi has signed a long-term coal contract: in return, it is lending the developer enough money to help build a small town for the workers, a dam and reservoir, roads and a rail line. Despite this, Australia is one of several countries that have acted outright to discourage the sale of some raw materials. It has urged Australian corporations to stop selling bauxite to the Japanese in ore form, arguing that, to create jobs at home...
...earthen backing had developed fissures. With each new shock-one reached a magnitude of 5.7-residents feared that 6 billion gallons of water might burst into the valley. The slow task of emptying the 100-ft.-deep reservoir into the normally dry Los Angeles River began so that the dam could be repaired and the lakes refilled-a task that will take an estimated three years. Residents were allowed to return to their homes after the water level was dropped to 87 ft., easing pressure on the dam...
...earth-fill dam of Van Norman Lake at the valley's west end suffered vertical cracks and some leaking of its 6.7 billion gallons of water, the city's largest reservoir. Thousands of families were evacuated and officials began draining the lake...
...guts." From the main approach, this building looks quite small-three stories tall and 255 ft. wide. A view of its profile reveals much more. The building stretches 525 ft. from end to end, spanning a deep natural ravine. By filling that ravine, the brawny structure acts as a dam for a two-acre lake on one side and gains six additional levels on the other. There are no land-consuming, unsightly parking lots; instead, the company's 2,200 employees drive from homes as far away as New Jersey straight into the building, which contains garage space...
...Sadd El Ali has underscored how desperately Egypt requires even more development. In the decade needed to build the dam, nearly 10 million Egyptians were born-more than enough to fill all the jobs that will be created by Aswan's throbbing turbines and precious water...