Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aside from some uranium that will be recycled for use in nuclear-powered submarines, most of the fuel will have to be stored or dumped as waste. Unfortunately, the nation does not have a reliable, long-term plan for disposing of this deadly material. Most will probably be stockpiled at weapons plants, but there is a danger of loss, theft and environmental damage from mishandling...
...demolishing a smaller one. A headline blared in big black type, THE LAWS OF PHYSICS CANNOT BE LEGISLATED AWAY. The occasion for this uplifting lesson is the debate on George Bush's energy plan, which emphasizes domestic energy production to the exclusion of conservation. Environmentalists point out that raising fuel-economy standards from 27.5 m.p.g. to 34 (Honda and Toyota just announced they would start selling some cars with engines that do twice as well) would save more oil than expedited drilling in Alaska could provide. The carmakers clearly wanted to nip that idea in the bud. Efficient cars...
THAT IS WHY "Teachers for a Democratic Culture" represents a welcome and urgently needed addition to the cast of characters currently involved in the PC fray. Unchecked, the dissenting right has engaged in many exaggerations, misrepresentations and distortions, adding fuel to their politically-advantageous fire. We are now realizing how the right has lumped together all too many completely different causes (environmentalism, feminism, gay rights) into one amorphous heap labeled "PC." We are finding out that the content of those "multicultural" courses, upheld by the right as the epitome of excess, were sometimes grossly exaggerated. And, as was explained recently...
...from New York City to London in just three hours, for which passengers pay an astronomical $4,167 each way. Yet for all its speed and prestige, the Concorde has always been a money loser for its operators, Air France and British Airways. The SST guzzles too much fuel, carries too small a passenger load and makes so much noise that 30 countries have restricted...
...race to build what has been dubbed the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) is a multibillion-dollar gamble fraught with technological challenges. To be profitable, the plane will have to carry more than twice as many passengers as the Concorde, operate at higher speeds, span greater distances, use less fuel, run quieter and produce far less pollution. Can do, say the plane's advocates, though any such plane isn't likely to fly until at least the year...