Word: damming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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National Treasure. The battle over the New River began 14 years ago when A.E.P.'s subsidiary, Appalachian Power Co., obtained a license from the Federal Power Commission to build two dams at Independence and Galax, Va., for a "pumped-storage" project in which water run through turbines in the upper dam would be retained in the reservoir formed by the lower dam and then pumped back. The objective of the so-called Blue Ridge Project was to increase Appalachian's already enormous generating capacity by a significant 10%, providing more peak-load power for customers in Ohio...
...Herold can get some help from his other fullbacks--right wing Kevin Jiggetts (a strong substitute last year), left wing Bob Carey, and sweeper Grassby (a converted striker)--the defense will be strong. If he doesn't, it may be as porous as the Teton Dam...
...appealingly fresh vocal bloom and a masterly control of the Mozartean style. From New York's Frederica von Stade came a Cherubino of distilled soprano beauty and ebullient range of boyish emotion. Soprano Mirella Freni remains the best Susanna of the day. Belgium's José Van Dam is a handsome, intelligent, rich-voiced Figaro. Gabriel Bacquier's Count Almaviva just gets better with the years...
...acceptable alternative. Reserve, which is jointly owned by Republic Steel and Armco Steel, said that it could develop a dumping site at a location three miles from Silver Bay. But the state's Pollution Control Agency argued that this site, which involved the construction of a dam, also posed risks to Silver Bay. It rejected the site and recommended a location 13 miles further from the plant. The company said the second site would be too costly. Faced with the impasse, Devitt started the clock on Reserve...
...first photo shows the futile error of trying to plug a leak on the dry side of a dam bank. Any farmer familiar with dams and irrigation knows you must plug the hole at the source: on the water side...