Word: dooms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...optimistic. Says George Morrow, president of Natural Gas Pipeline, which is managing partner for the project: "We are looking long term, at markets ten years and more down the road. A future shortage of domestic energy is inevitable, and I am bullish on gas. All is hardly gloom and doom." Observes Anthony Sousa, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: "The nation is currently experiencing a surplus of natural gas, but that surplus may prove temporary...
Yergin claims that America is suffering from an "oil-glut psychology": oil seems plentiful, OPEC looks to be in shambles, and promises of alternative energy sources seem just one technological step away. With the minds of American consumers and industries on other things, Yergin's doom and gloom approach is not very welcome. However, the appearance of this book and the attendant publicity surrounding it will hopefully begin to change prevailing attitudes. In all, Global Insecurity is a much needed prescription for our energy complacency...
That little piece of research spelled doom for the green stuff on the walls of Lowell and Winthrop Houses, both of which, during renovations, saw their ivy torn down this summer and supplanted with rather less attractive metal scaffolding...
...boom for personal computers this Christmas season may mean doom for last year's Christmas hit: the video-game machine. Those generally sell for between $125 and $300, but only play games. A small computer has a vast array of other uses. Says Benjamin Rosen, publisher of a widely read industry newsletter: "This is probably the end of the line for straight video games." Arnold Brown, president of the New York consulting firm of Weiner, Edrich, Brown Inc., thinks the game machines could become a consolation prize this Christmas season. Says he: "Some consumers are going to have...
That little piece of research spelled doom for the green stuff on the walls of Lowell and Winthrop Houses, both of which, during renovations, saw their Ivy torn down this summer and supplanted with rather less attractive metal scaffolding...