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...found on draft, at taverns-the places Patrick Henry called "cradles of liberty." So they still are, only now the liberty is freedom of choice. There, across the stretches of mahogany are pump handles gleaming with the promise of alchemy. Somewhere at the other end of the pipe, malt, hops and yeast have been transformed into a series of heady potions...
...Next, a cylindrical plug, called a "pig," will be shoved into the line. Finally, after a signal from Valdez, workmen will open valves at Prudhoe, allowing long-capped crude to fill the line behind the pig. The moving oil will push the pig through the 48-in.-diameter steel pipe at 1 m.p.h. As it goes, the cylinder will shove out of the pipe any refuse that may be contained (for example, tools left behind by forgetful workmen) and emit beeps indicating its location. Eight pumping stations will help the oil push the pig along, and walking inspection crews will...
Four hundred underpasses and pathways over buried pipe are provided for migrating Alaskan wildlife. Some sectors of the pipe are flexible enough to withstand earthquakes that register 8.5 on the Richter scale-greater than the devastating 1964 Alaska quake that destroyed 30 blocks of downtown Anchorage. The entire system can be shut down in ten minutes if the pipeline breaks. A maximum of 50,000 bbl. can spill; valves at various intervals can be turned to stop the flow...
Another great pipeline project is on the horizon. Three groups are vying to build a line to carry out the North Slope's vast natural gas reserves. One line would parallel the oil pipe; the other two would swing across Canada into the U.S. The Canadian government is expected to decide in August whether to approve one, or neither, of these routes, and the Carter Administration has until Dec. 1 to choose one of the three. Each carries a price tag of $8 billion to $ 11 billion, but nobody doubts that by the time the job is finished-probably...
...point another simply fainted, apparently from tension. The hijackers maintained strict hygiene inside the train. Every morning blankets were hung out of the windows and beaten to remove the dust. In the afternoon, hostages were assigned to remove excrement from under the train's toilet pipe and bury it in the gravel of the railway bed. Brooms and cleaning materials were brought in, along with games and a daily food delivery from a caterer, paid for by the government. Unable to take any physical exercise, many of the hostages complained of constipation...