Word: exhaustingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems to have settled on the automobile metaphor as the primary archetype of Jersey adolescence--after all, exhaust fumes probably account for his vocal grittiness. Songs like "Thunder Road" rumble, muffler-less, with pounding guitars and bass...
...since the military -even with the help of some talented Western-oriented technocrats-has driven Portugal's economy into the ground. There are at least 270,000 unemployed (8% of the work force), the rate of inflation exceeds 30% annually, and the current balance of payments deficit could exhaust foreign reserves by the end of the year (TIME, July...
...required for the delivery of fuel oil to the plant would create substantial additional truck traffic in that area of the city, adding to the traffic congestion and parking problems in that area, causing damage to the hospital and residential streets the trucks would use, and causing noise and exhaust pollution from the trucks. The operation of the plant, with its large equipment for the generation of electricity, would result in substantial additional noise, noise having an especially adverse impact in the Hospital area...
...catalogue of forms is endless until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins...
Painful End. For the past seven years, the consumption of natural gas has outrun new discoveries at an alarming rate. Barring a dramatic reversal of present trends, the U.S. will exhaust its present proven reserves of 234 trillion cu. ft. in eleven years. There is no guarantee that new wells would bring in abundant new supplies. U.S. potential (as opposed to proven) gas resources are currently estimated at 322 trillion to 655 trillion cu. ft., roughly a 15-to 30-year supply, but that figure is little more than a guess. In any event, lead times for bringing...