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...peaked during the '30s and '40s and is long gone. And the relatively cheap hydroelectricity -- and handsome profits -- generated by existing facilities is now being weighed, and found wanting, in the light of other concerns. One long-running dispute concerns the Western Area Power Administration's operations at the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, just above the Grand Canyon. The agency releases huge amounts of water through giant turbines to meet peak power demands in places as far away as Phoenix. These dramatic surges of water create artificial "tides" that, environmentalists complain, erode the sandy shoals along the river...
...German automaker didn't keep its promise to limit the U.S. sales of its 1988 model M5 sedan to 500 cars. As a result, Stewart contends, the five-cylinder autos -- first introduced at $43,500 and later sold for $47,500 -- have failed to appreciate in value. Stewart, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., could be joined by other disgruntled M5 owners in the class-action suit, which alleges that BMW nearly tripled the number of cars in the edition. A BMW brochure stated that "only a fortunate few discriminating buyers will have the opportunity to own an M5. Production and distribution...
...million fee for setting up the purchase of an American movie company by a Japanese high-tech firm -- just the kind of deal Democrats used to excoriate. "Probably in Japan," came the answer. A couple of wags took estimates on the cost of Clifford's flawless Glen plaid suit. High estimate...
...studio she could be harsh. She spoke in a whisper that was louder than a shout. On occasion she laughed heartily at her students' efforts. "With Martha," Richard Boone once said, "you get it right away or jump out the window." Glen Tetley, a protege in the 1950s, went on to become a ballet choreographer. Just before his first major premiere, he developed crippling back spasms; no one else knew his role. Graham solved the problem. Spying him in a cafeteria, she walked over and slapped his face hard. "You stand up there and go out and dance," she commanded...
...pretty impressed," said Glen M. Bianchi '94 of Strauss Hall. "He sounds like he's certainly got the credentials and it sounds like he's willing to take his time and make good decisions...