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Dense white smoke was spewing from its conning tower. That was a sign, Japanese officials later speculated for a time, that fire might have ignited the solid fuel of the three SSN5 missiles (range: about 750 miles) that the diesel-powered warship can carry. A day later, the sub was spotted again, this time with smoke billowing from the stern while accompanying tugs trained streams of water on it. Whatever the problem, the ship now seemed incapable of diving or even cruising on its own power...
...facility already delivers steam and chilled water to a handful of Harvard-affiliated hospitals, but nearby residents have blocked use of its diesel generators to create electric power because they contend the engines emit carcinogens. Robert H. Scott, Harvard's administrative vice president, says an August 24 report from the state's hearing officer indicates "no problem of any kind" with approval, although the University may be forced to abide by some operating restrictions...
...like she is "beating up all those innocent young girls," as she wryly puts it. Not so, says Peanut Louie: "It looks like she's having fun playing tennis. Even if you get murdered you don't feel so bad." In short, Navratilova is anything but a diesel truck steaming heedlessly toward immortality...
Indeed, the bill contains only a few outright increases in taxes. Three important ones: The federal tax on diesel fuel goes up 60 per gal., to 150. Owners of factories, stores, office buildings and other structures used commercially will be forced to take smaller depreciation deductions and will thus pay more to the Internal Revenue Service. So will some people who earn widely fluctuating incomes; the rules under which they can average the high earnings of a fat year with the low incomes of lean years for tax purposes will be tightened...
...aerodynamic and squeeze more miles out of a gallon of fuel. The company's 27-footers now get 15 m.p.g. on the highway at 50 m.p.h., twice the mileage of a decade ago. Winnebago (1983 sales: $239 million) developed a front-wheel-drive model powered by a Renault diesel engine. One version, called the LeSharo, gets up to 24 m.p.g., even though it carries a fully equipped bathroom and two double beds. List price...