Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author and philosopher (The Book of Sand): "The U.S. is a great power because it was left with no other choice, which is a form of decadence...
Himelman got off to a shaky start when he caught three sand traps on the first two holes. After taking a bogey on number one, his drive on the short par four second landed in the church pews of traps along the left of the fairway. He then beached his second shot as he had a fried egg lie in the greenside bunker, since the bunkers have been recently filled with finer sand. The best Himelman could manage was a double bogey...
...construction in 1935 of jetties at the mouth of the Rio Grande, at the very southern tip of the island, has paid off with some local accumulation of sand. The southern half of the town's developed area, which includes a large Hilton hotel and condominiums, currently has no problems with erosion. But just a mile up the road, where much of the new development is taking place, the island is getting smaller and smaller. In the past century, according to the Texas bureau of economic geology, the land disappeared at an average rate of 12 ft. a year...
...have a sand-starved sea be cause of natural forces and man-made dams on the Rio Grande. Eventually, nature will have its way." Unless, perhaps, some way can be found to control the appetite of the beautiful, pounding waves that made Padre in the first place and now attract sun-loving buyers from thou sands of miles away...
...third of West Germany's electricity. The Army Corps of Engineers believes that electricity supplies could be increased significantly by expanding and improving existing hydroelectric power stations. Other alternatives will require technological breakthroughs. The fluidized-bed method of burning coal-essentially, burning a mixture of crushed coal and sand suspended on a column of air inside a superhot container-promises ultimately to make combustion more efficient while cutting down on pollutants. It is now in the experimental stage, but has yet to be made applicable to large-scale commercial operations. Unlocking oil from the vast deposits of shale rock...