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...kinetic energy of moving water into electricity at Hoover Dam. Normal car brakes do convert kinetic energy into heat. And hybrid cars do have a set of normal brakes for use when necessary. But the heat created that way is dispersed into the atmosphere, not converted into electricity. Dexter Ford, manhattan beach, california...
...kinetic energy of moving water into electricity at Hoover Dam. Normal car brakes do convert kinetic energy into heat. And hybrid cars do have a set of normal brakes for use when necessary. But the heat created that way is dispersed into the atmosphere, not converted into electricity. Dexter Ford, MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF...
...Forever War By Dexter Filkins Knopf...
...contrast, should historians of the future ignore such brilliant works of reportage as Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower or Dexter Filkins’ masterful account of his period in Iraq—The Forever War? Indeed, I have seen first-hand how rigorously Mr. Wright, a personal friend and distinguished journalist, pursues the finest, epiphanal details that are so often ignored by professional historians. The 60 pages of footnotes and list of more than 500 individuals he interviewed for his “journalistic” work would do any historian proud...
...eight finished just 1.9 seconds behind its New Haven counterpart, the closest any crew had come to Yale at the time. The second freshman eight won its race by almost 15 seconds. “The freshmen have been extremely exciting this year,” second varsity coxswain Dexter Louie said after the HYP race. “They’re going to add a lot to the team when they come up to the varsity ranks next year.” Despite its strong performances throughout the season, the freshman eight finished fourth in its heat...