Word: pittsburgh
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Until the beginning of this year, Consolidation Coal Group of Pittsburgh, owner of the Potomac mines, had a contract to sell 1.5 million tons of coal a year to Virginia Power. Mettiki, the only other high-volume producer in the area, had a contract for a million tons, including some extracted from right beneath Highway 50. With both contracts due to expire on Jan. 1, the utility saw a chance to pit the two against each other in an all-or-nothing bid to be the plant's major coal supplier. It asked both Consol and Mettiki...
...years, Jones has doggedly defended McVeigh, and he may have played the hand dealt him as best he could. "Before anyone should say Jones has done a bad job, you have to consider what he has to work with," says Welsh White, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who has followed the trial. "The prosecution does have a strong case, and I think they've presented it well. Jones has to try what's available...
Gingrich has broken faith with all the American people with a frivolous response to his $300,000 liability. It is time for him to relinquish the Speakership of the House. He is not a leader worthy of our trust and confidence. OREN M. SPIEGLER Pittsburgh...
...brain located about 2 1/2 inches behind the bridge of the nose. Other scientists had already shown that this section of the brain, called the subgenual prefrontal cortex, plays an important role in the control of emotions. But Drevets, who has since moved to the University of Pittsburgh, discovered that it could also be the trigger point for both bouts of paralyzing sadness and the wildly euphoric highs of manic depression. "This area of the brain may act as a set of brakes for emotional responses," he explains. "When it does not function properly, abnormal swings in mood may occur...
...Pittsburgh Steelers: Michael Booker, CB, Nebraska. In terms of physical ability, he's not as good as Kansas State's Chris Canty. Booker has better size and is not as cocky...