Word: gulf
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Although the Navy refuses to comment on the nature of the dolphins' tasks, private sources claim the dolphins defend moored nuclear submarines by identifying and killing saboteur-divers. Others are reportedly trained to locate mines (one dolphin died during recent naval operations in the Persian Gulf). Apparently, the CIA has even approached former trainers from the hit 1960s TV show, "Flipper," asking them to train dolphins to place explosives on ships...
Many of the same complaints still exist. Community residents still criticize Harvard's role in the real estate and development markets. For example, Harvard's proposed hotel on the former site of the Gulf Station has ignited once again the charge that the University is ignoring community concerns...
...aspiration is to create pan-Arab unity from Mauritania to the gulf. Arabs have a common language and history. You can scarcely find a family in Lebanon that does not have relatives in Syria. We are one people. But Israel * is another story. The Israelis are an alien people with another heritage and another history...
...that in the event of war, the country's demand for fuel could be met by domestic production and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Created 13 years ago, the reserve is now up to 515 million bbl., equivalent to about three months' total consumption, stored in salt caverns along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana...
Even if the Arctic Refuge is developed, the U.S. will remain in the position of a hungry consumer with a relatively small larder. The Persian Gulf now holds two-thirds of the world's proven oil reserves. The U.S. share is less than 3%, while its annual consumption has reached nearly 30% of worldwide usage. Those sobering figures are reason enough for the U.S. to avoid gas- gulping habits that would bring on another painful awakening...