Word: nevadas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Steven Aftergood, a space expert at the Federation of American Scientists, project Timberwind is still at an early stage in its development. Fuel elements have been built and tested. Testing grounds have been selected in the Nevada desert. The Defense Science Board has given the project its seal of approval. And plans have been made to send a prototype rocket on a suborbital test flight over Antarctica and parts of New Zealand. All this was before the veil of secrecy had been lifted, however. Now that the word is out, and Congressmen have begun to stake out positions...
Officials at the Las Vegas Valley Water District insist that they had no alternative in 1989, when they filed 146 applications for water rights with the state engineer. Nevada's share of federally allotted water from the Colorado River cannot sustain growth in the booming oasis, which attracts 5,000 newcomers a month. Thirsty California, they argue, was positioned to jump in and stake a claim to the unused water. "It was our only Nevada source," says Pat Mulroy, general manager of the water district...
Even with the government's support, it will be a tough fight. Las Vegas is the seat of political and economic power in Nevada. Sixty-five percent of the state's 1.3 million people reside in Clark County. Development, gambling and tourism industries, which generate two-thirds of the state's income, want the extra water. "If we develop the water, and spend the money, shouldn't we have the control?" asks Clark County commissioner Paul Christensen...
...Nevada the absence of such a process has sparked deep resentment among farmers and ranchers. "It's a whole way of life, a piece of history," explains Joe Higbee, who runs a 100-acre ranch in Alamo along with his son Vaughn...
...college basketball, March is not the month of lions or lambs, but of sharks. For the ninth consecutive year, coach Jerry ("Tark the Shark") Tarkanian has led his University of Nevada at Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels squad into the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament. UNLV, which compiled a crushing 30-0 regular-season record, was the pretourney favorite to win its second-straight national championship...