Word: fueled
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...outlawing performance-enhancing substances—in the future, it may not be so easy. A new generation of enhancers is on the horizon that will make the current batch look like child’s play. Powerful genetic therapies like IGF-I injections and myostatin blockers promise to fuel the athletes of tomorrow with few negative consequences. Meanwhile, with geneticists identifying correlates of mental attributes and millions of research dollars being poured into drugs that halt cognitive decline, minds as well as bodies are becoming open to augmentation...
...You’ve got the Secretary of Energy Steven Chu as your speaker tomorrow, sexy,” he said. “Unless he gives each and every one of you those nitrogen fuel cell cars, you are in for a long afternoon...
...Embracing the slogan “Green is the New Crimson,” the Reunion Committee is prioritizing environmental awareness in planning the reunion. Alumni are all encouraged to take Harvard’s Sustainability Pledge, use biodiesel fuel buses, eat local foods, and limit their usage of paper and plastic, among many other initiatives...
...season planting, weeding, harvesting, and storing their corn, then they must strip it, then winnow it, then soak it, then lay it out to dry, then carry it to a grinder or pound it by hand, then dry it again, and then finally—after walking to gather fuel wood and water—build a fire and cook...
...appetite for small cars. As long as the price of gas remains volatile, it's far from certain that Americans will buy the more efficient cars and trucks the new standards will require automakers to produce. In the long run, though, a gas tax that puts a floor on fuel prices may be the only way to break America's SUV addiction. But Obama has said he's not interested. "You need a price signal. Regulations alone won't do it," says Lester Lave, director of the Carnegie Mellon Green Design Initiative...