Word: regional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...swampy, flat, coal-coated zone of smokestacks and smelters. But there are those who love it and want to share it. In May, the Local Residents' Organization (L.R.O.) of the much-maligned Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr region) will offer its first tourist "adventure" through West Germany's industrial heartland. The idea, says the L.R.O.'s Dietrich Springorum, is to shed the region's grimy stereotype and show "that it is not only fascinating but has its beauty spots...
...levels of streams, rivers and reservoirs fall, the region is also anticipating hydroelectric power shortages. Unlike many parts of the country, the Northwest relies on water power for some 90% of its electrical needs. Already, the huge Bonneville Power Administration and various utilities are cutting back some industrial users. As the crisis mounts, the Governors of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana will meet next week to plan joint antidrought strategies...
Most veterinary schools accept applicants exclusively from the state or region in which they are located. Last year 98 per cent of New England's applicants were rejected, according to The Boston Globe...
...couriers. Sometimes the dope is buried in otherwise legitimate shipments. The drugs also move by air and sea, but it is hazardous to fly into any of 1,800 makeshift landing strips that have been dug out of the mountains. At least 50 hulks of wrecked airplanes litter the region; most crashed because they were overloaded, although locals like to joke that the pilots were overcome by the aroma of the marijuana they were transporting...
...serve as an environmental safety valve, enabling the planet to distribute the enormous heat that would otherwise build up around the equator. Preventing these storms, they warn, could drastically alter the earth's atmosphere and climate, possibly for the worse. Others fear that altering weather patterns over one region of the globe could result in the disruption of rainfall and damage or even destroy vital crops elsewhere...