Word: plante
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...million Plant Stress Lab at Texas Tech University...
...most disturbing thing is that the red ink continues to flow in an industry whose members have been striving for more than a decade to become first-class competitors. Though they have built only one new plant since World War II, American steel giants have invested more than $30 billion since 1980 in modernizing their facilities. The giants have also slashed their labor forces from 375,000 workers two decades ago to about 125,000 today. All that has paid off in greater efficiency and better-quality steel. "For several years, we used 50% Japanese steel," says Craig Corrington...
...chain of about 100 people heaved sandbags to protect the water- treatment plant in West Des Moines from further flooding, the atmosphere was downright festive. Jokes flew (most popular: the state motto, "Iowa -- A Place to Grow," should be changed to "Iowa -- A Place to Row"). Valerie Kenworthy, 15, explained her presence: the scene "looked cool on TV so I came down." At Iowa Methodist Medical Center, the only designated trauma center serving the city, president David Ramsey explained why trauma cases are actually down: "People are helping out and are not out on motorcycles drinking beer and acting crazy...
...discovery, says British scientist David Peel, co-author of one of the reports, is "staggering." Worldwide temperature shifts of a few degrees over half a century -- the kind envisioned in theories of global warming -- would disrupt weather patterns, change sea levels and be difficult for animal and plant life to adjust to. The changes Peel measured, though, are roughly three times as severe and rapid...
...bottled water and fleeing for higher ground in nine Midwestern states as the Mississippi River and its tributaries continued to flood. In Iowa, days of rain sent the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers flowing over their banks, inundating farmland and knocking out Des Moines's main water-purification plant, leaving 250,000 people without running water. President Bill Clinton ended a Hawaiian vacation early to tour affected areas. "I've never seen anything on this scale before," he said. Clinton promised to ask Congress to approve $2.5 billion or more in disaster relief...