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...Prince Mohamed, another son of Faisal and a business-administration graduate of Menlo College in California, is the chief of Saudi Arabia's water-desalination agency. He must grapple with his country's Midas-like curse: wherever explorers drill for water, oil shoots up. The prince directs a $12 billion program to build 35 desalination plants in five years that would produce 600 million gal. of fresh water daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: Saudi Arabia's Growing Petropower | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...makes a hash of his already soppy theme when the leaders of the warring realms meet for a climactic duel of good magic v. bad. Bakshi has the kindly wizard of Montagar pull out a Luger and drill the evil sorcerer of Scortch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...foul-pop misjudged by Rick Burleson, Carl Yastrzemski and Butch Hobson in the bottom of the eighth gave Texas Ranger d.h. Willie Horton the chance to drill a two-run double and lead his team over Boston by a 3-1 margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOX DROP BALL GAME, 3-1 | 6/3/1977 | See Source »

Like in W.W. II guys used the Ml, a. Browning automatic rifle, grenades, some machine guns and a bazooka to knock out tanks, if they were close enough. Like 20 ft., our drill instructor said. That's sort of a joke. Well, the M-16 is a lot easier to handle than the Ml, and it can be used after dark. It's got a night scope that can pick up targets a mile away using infra-red light. And you should see what we have instead of the old bazooka. First there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: UPDATING WILLIE AND JOE | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

...vast amounts of water they would drain away from areas that are already water-short. The Houston Natural Gas line would consume enough water to supply 40,000 people for a year. Company officials counter by saying that no drinkable water will be used. Their intention is to drill for brackish or saline water unfit for human consumption or agriculture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Flushing Coal to Market | 5/16/1977 | See Source »

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