Word: steel
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Other, more expensive tactics are root plowing (a Caterpillar dragging a flat steel blade cuts off the roots beneath the surface) and tree dozing (a crawler tractor with a tree bit on the front uproots each tree). Tree dozing worked so well on John Cargile's ranch at Arden, Texas, that whole stretches of his range are innocent of mesquite. The land gives an impression of splendid cleanliness. A creek flows not far from the ranch house-a sweet luxury in a dry country. Cargile and his wife Ta will take a guest there for a picnic...
...right when it comes to larger mining operations. U.S. Steel Corp., for example, operates 20 mines and has the industry's best safety record. But the U.M.W. and many MSHA inspectors-believe that only strict enforcement can stop the upsurge in accidents in small mines, where new economics encourage imprudent scavenging. As coal prices quadrupled during the past decade, Appalachian entrepreneurs set up small mines to root out coal from veins too narrow to attract major companies. And while only 15% of the industry's work hours are now spent in mines with fewer than 50 workers...
...price of a metal. More than $500 million has been invested, and 30,000 tons of tin have been stockpiled in European warehouses. Speculators who gambled that the price of tin would soon fall face financial ruin. Major tin consumers have escalating costs. Says a spokesman for U.S. Steel, which makes tin-plated products: "Of course this is hurting...
...brass and stainless steel work stands 20 feet high, and at its top there are parts that move with the wind Artist Michio I Hare hoped to reflect the pace of life at that busy intersection by capturing the movement and changes of light and air "I lived and worked in Central Square for many years and watched the flow of people and things through the area," says I Ihara "I hope the piece reflects a knowledge and a love of the area and of that particular spot...
...virtually no net gain in employment during the same period. Says Benjamin Rosen, an electronics industry analyst and a financial backer of new enterprises: "These companies represent the true vitality of the American economy. We are wasting too many of our resources trying to keep alive dying industries like steel and automobiles rather than paying attention to and helping these new firms." he odds against success, of course, are high. In 1981 the number of U.S. business failures was 45% higher than 1980, reaching a 20-year high of 17,040. Indeed, only one in ten investments...