Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then Haynes had managed to guide his disabled craft toward Sioux City in a wide descending spiral of right turns. "We're going to make an emergency landing in Sioux City," he warned passengers over the intercom. "It's going to be rough." He paused. "As a matter of fact, it's going to be more than rough...
...generation of spill-cleanup technology would have the most dramatic impact on the problem. "Our current technology is in the Stone Age," says the National Wildlife Federation's Olson. The booms and skimmers that are most frequently used suffer some basic flaws: they do not work in rough seas, and heavy crude tends to seep under a boom and clog a skimmer. Finally, the devices are all but useless when confronted with a devastatingly large spill like the Valdez disaster. Once the oil had spread over the vast Prince William Sound, a boat towing a skimmer needed fully 14 hours...
Meanwhile in Texas, high winds and rough water complicated efforts to control the mile-long slick that resulted from a collision between the Panamanian-registered tanker Rachel B and a barge being towed by a tugboat in the Houston Ship Channel. Fortunately, the accident occurred in inland waters, where it is somewhat easier to clean up a spill than in the open...
...home. "This is fine rhino country," says Bentsen, as he pulls off the highway onto a sandy dirt road. Suddenly you are in south Texas as it was before the developers paved it over. In a soft morning fog, a visitor might mistake the silvery mesquite thickets and rough grass clearings for Africa's Zambezi valley...
There is nothing precious in either Nakashima's designs or his workshop. He employs ten assistant craftsmen and uses some power tools to do the rough work. The oil finish of his furniture merely needs to be cleaned with a wet cloth. "We recommend hard use," says Nakashima. "A wood surface that is without a scratch or mar is kind of distressing. It shows no life and has no time value." His business approach is equally straightforward. "I wanted," he says, "to make furniture out of real wood without it costing that much more than you would...