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...clutched our flashlights for comfort and turned on a battery operated radio to listen to the simulcast of the television news. We listened to the winds that sounded like a freight train approaching--as ceramic barrel tiles blew off the roof, trees cracked and crashed and debris flew everywhere...
...FREIGHT TRAIN RUMBLED TO A HALT ON A CATTLE ranch in Hudspeth County, and workers began unloading biologically treated sludge onto the dry West Texas earth. County Judge Billy Love reflected on the manurelike mush with satisfaction. "This is about as big a blessing as the community could hope for," he declared. "The gains for us far outweigh any dangers...
Much of the world remains fascinated by the pomp and circumstances of the Windsors. But British subjects pay a considerable freight, estimated at as much as $140 million from the national budget per year, for the upkeep of an ever extending royal family. Many have begun to wonder whether the investment is worth it. What is this younger generation coming to? And aren't there rather a lot of them? And what are they good for, besides embarrassing themselves, titillating us commoners and boosting the circulation of tabloids? A Sunday Express poll conducted just after the Fergie topless pictures...
...Eric Lindros shoots a puck like a cannon and hits opponents like a freight train. As such, the 19-year-old Canadian junior and Olympic star qualifies as a franchise player, which is how at least three National Hockey League teams have treated him since he was the No. 1 draft selection in 1991. But Lindros, from Ontario, refused to play for the team that picked him, the league-lagging Quebec Nordiques, triggering a legal brawl that pitted the Philadelphia Flyers against the New York Rangers. An arbitrator ruled Philadelphia the winner, but at a hefty price. The Flyers will...
...supported Otisca had retired and their successors were focusing on near-term marketing projects. Only one of the five, Zurn Industries, makers of boilers and pollution-control equipment for power plants, was interested in backing the grant. But Zurn was not prepared to carry the $3.5 million freight alone. In December 1990 Otisca reluctantly withdrew from the DOE Clean Coal Round No. 2 and forfeited its grant. Otisca still had contracts with clients to supply varying amounts of its fuel. But none of them was willing to put up the big stakes necessary to convert significant power plants from...