Word: northerners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...array of sun-powered monitors on Enron's network is one of many signs that solar's time is fast approaching. The community of Tennant Creek in northern Australia is scheduled to receive power soon from what is called a solar-thermal system. It will use a series of parabolic dishes to focus the sun's rays and superheat steam, which in turn will drive turbine generators. The designer, Stephen Kaneff of the Australian National University, calculates that these modest-size systems can produce power for as little as 4 cents per KW-H, cheaper than the polluting...
Meanwhile, soybean growers in Mississippi, relative newcomers to the bean culture, experimented with Northern plant varieties requiring less growing time and thus less exposure to the worst summer heat. The plants took hold like natives, and there too it was apparent that as the weather smiled, the yields mounted. The soybean experts in the Midwest tinkered with denser plantings, reducing the distance between rows by as much as 30 inches to cut down on the herbicides necessary to kill the weeds. That worked beautifully, as the profusion of bean plants popped out quickly and sheltered the ground around them, crowding...
...their debut, the Cranberries focused on songs that were dreamy and tender. Their new CD shows they can handle tougher rock -- Zombie, a track that deals with violence in Northern Ireland, swaggers along with snarling guitar power chords. "This album is a bit more experimental," says O'Riordan, 23. "And a bit more outspoken...
...joined a growing number of North Koreans who have risked their lives to cross the world's last cold-war frontiers, including the dangerous strip along the country's northern border with China and Russia. But the perils of flight have begun to look less daunting as economic conditions in the North deteriorate and word spreads of a better life elsewhere. Yo Man Chul, 48, an out-of-favor police captain, slipped across the frozen Tumen River on a dark night with his wife, two sons and daughter. When he finally arrived in South Korea, he said, "I thought there...
...years ago, Harvard fell to Northern Michigan in double-over-time in the first round of the NCAA tournament...