Word: fueled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...forlorn quartet of Bosnian Serb tanks abandoned in the mountains south of Sarajevo last week -- their fuel tanks parched dry and deserted by once proud Serb soldiers -- signaled critical changes on the frontlines as the Balkan war enters its third winter. The government's gains are still limited, but the string of tactical successes is sparking new reassessments about the conflict...
...coal are facing new challengers even among hydrocarbons. As recently as 10 years ago, natural gas was considered a dead-end industry because analysts grossly underestimated global reserves. Now it is rapidly becoming a favorite fuel of electric utilities. More than 30% cheaper than oil, it burns efficiently, and it produces fewer pollutants and a third less carbon dioxide than oil. World production has risen 30% since the mid-1980s. Because of its advantages over dirtier hydrocarbons, natural gas may be a bridge between oil and coal and the solar...
...what of our most critical, nonnegotiable demand, that North Korea ship out of the country the plutonium-laden fuel rods that it brazenly removed from its reactor in May in defiance of the sternest U.S. warnings? From these rods North Korea can make half a dozen Hiroshimas. Did we get them? No. We got more promises. The rods, we are assured, will be out -- in the next century...
...river of burning oil slicks that swept through the southern Egyptian town of Durunka has burned or drowned at least 478 people, including about 220 whose bodies remain buried under charred rubble. The disaster began when a train carrying oil derailed Wednesday and flood waters carried the fuel ignited by electric wires into the town of 22,000. Survivors spent much of the day criticizing the government for building an oil storage depot so near their homes; later, Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Sedki arrived, promising 500 Egyptian pounds ($150) to families of the dead and 25 pounds ($7.50) per displaced...
Where do baby bells go before setting out on the information superhighway? If they're Nynex, Bell Atlantic Corp. and Pacific Telesis, they fuel up in Hollywood. The three phone giants announced today that they were starting a production venture with premier agent Michael Ovitz's company, Creative Artists Agency. The goal: produce TV shows and interactive entertainment, which they can pump over their lines. It's all part of therace against cableto capitalize on the emerging information-in-a-settop-box age. Phone companies are trying to makeup for cable's huge programming advantage. "That's why they need...