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...cranes and earth movers at the plant stand idle, and a shroud of snow covers the project's jagged skeleton. Last week Public Service Co. of Indiana, Marble Hill's principal builder, announced that it would abandon the half-finished plant altogether. Marble Hill has already eaten up some $2.5 billion, making it the most expensive nuclear power project ever to be dropped. The decision brings the total number of cancellations of U.S. nuclear plants since...
Only a short time ago, such applause would have been unthinkable. When Deukmejian took office in January of 1983, the recession had eaten away what little remained in the till; earlier, billions in state revenues had been tapped to bail out local governments in the wake of Proposition 13, the 1978 voter initiative that drastically slashed property taxes. Deukmejian faced a staggering $1.5 billion deficit, an unemployment rate of 11.2%, and a Democratic-controlled legislature steeling for a fight. Having pledged not to raise taxes, Deukmejian instead offered an 18-month salvage plan to balance the budget. The battle bitter...
...yielding and several other ways of saying "stiff." Coolidge, the soul of taciturnity, took the cane, sighted down the shaft, said "Ash," and sat down.) Lyle gives the impression that renovating the house made his nose feel like a paymaster's window. So far, $25,000 has been eaten by the structure. And in thinning his purse, the innkeeper says he has learned something about the Yankee tradesman's sense of priorities. If, for ex ample, the Wolfs' prehistoric heating sys tem goes blooey at 3 a.m., the repairman is Johnny-on-the-spot...
...wages for an average urban worker. In anticipation of the purge, 200,000 dogs, or half of the city's total, have been slaughtered or exiled to areas outside the city. Some owners have sold their four-legged friends to the state for meat; others have simply eaten their pets...
Barbara Turro, a nutritionist, teaches the students how to manipulate their blood sugar by varying their diet. Food rich in protein, she points out, causes blood sugar to peak about three hours after it is eaten; carbohydrates produce a much swifter rise. When blood-sugar levels are too low, producing a weak and dizzy state called hypoglycemia, Turro recommends drinking milk, which contains carbohydrates to produce a quick rise and protein to sustain...