Word: steams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first we did a lot of brainstorming," Gonsalves says. "At one point we threw out an idea with a steam engine and all kinds of other stuff...
...This economic offensive is just one more portal into a larger discussion of the genetically modified food problem," says TIME science writer Jeffrey Kluger. "We're seeing a critical mass building over modified foods, and Monsanto's opponents know this issue has real traction, and will just keep gathering steam." While the American public has been less vehement than its European counterparts in its hostility toward modified foods, that is likely to change in the coming years, says Kluger. But it may not be this particular suit that breaks the story wide open. "One of two things will happen...
...defined by a series of obstacles that bounce them in a meaningless direction. After shooting out of college at high speed you slam into a four-figure monthly rent and you careen towards a career in I-banking. You're hit by 90-hour weeks, you fizzle out, lose steam, and drop into law school. There you bump into a nice guy, slide into marriage and emerge from law school with an infant child, student loans, the need to buy a house--so you become an analyst...
...older players on the team seemed tired, unable to keep their steam up. Captain Laela Sturdy--the leading scorer in last weekend's win against Sacred Heart--played just 20 minutes Friday. Junior center Melissa Johnson and senior guard Courtney Egelhoff played for 19 and 18 minutes, respectively, in Johnson's case partly because she picked up two fouls in the first four minutes...
...less profligate future in Kalundborg, Denmark. There, an unusual place called an "eco-industrial park" shows how much can be gained by recycling and resource sharing. Within the park, a power company, a pharmaceuticals firm, a wallboard producer and an oil refinery share in the production and use of steam, gas and cooling water. Excess heat warms nearby homes and agricultural greenhouses. One company's waste becomes another's resource. The power plant, for example, sells the sulfur dioxide it scrubs from its smokestacks to the wallboard company, which uses the compound as a raw material. Dozens of these...