Word: proved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...good-hearted group of people it has been my pleasure to report on - and some of them were downright inspiring." Correspondent Rauch also gained a number of new insights. "The irony may well be that the conservatives who have been forced from their hearths by the fervent feminists may prove equally unable to go back," he noted. He envied the women conventioneers - of whatever political persuasion - their stamina. "They do much better on less sleep and liquor than their male counterparts." And he was surprised to find that Gloria Steinem was "a self-confessed junk-food freak. When I interviewed...
...their storage capacity for natural gas: the South Jersey Gas Co., for example, this summer added 1.2 billion cu. ft., an increase of 30%. New York's Consolidated Edison Co. has arranged to buy synthetic gas as a backup in case pipeline deliveries of natural gas from Texas prove insufficient. Many utilities say they can handle a winter 10% colder than normal with almost no service reductions...
...Carter Administration to do something. The President's first response was to invite steelmen to file complaints against the "dumping" of foreign metal-that is, selling it below cost. The trouble is that though dumping violates both U.S. law and international trade rules, it is difficult to prove...
Should geopressure prove to be a viable resource, the implications would be global. Similar zones are believed to exist in at least 45 countries, including those in Western Europe and in the deltas of the Nile, Ganges and Niger rivers. Wells drilled into geopressured zones could supply fresh water as well as energy. At atmospheric pressure the hot water flashes into steam and concentrated brine. The steam can be condensed into pure drinking water, which in desert regions is almost as precious...
...swimming team will open its home season against Boston University. At 2 p.m. the men will take the water and try to sink Navy. However, the Midshipmen will be well-equipped this season--each swimmer has his own nuclear submarine and missiles with long-range capabilities. This should prove to be one of the Crimson's toughest battles this year...