Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...skilled improvisers. About 15% of the East-Central region's electrical power is now being "wheeled in," that is, imported from other grids that have plenty of coal or rely on other fuels. But the borrowing has now reached a maximum. Some grids are showing signs of strain from switching their transmission and generation patterns, and a massive blackout is always possible...
...rich in publishing. Sea well, ever a pivotal Denver figure, is president of both. Many people, including City Councilwoman Cathy Donahue, are afraid that eventually Denver will be left with much of the bill: "It's simply too expensive." Mayor William McNichols admits that there is strain: "We've had sessions that would match whatever Muhammad Ali did at his best -hard and vicious." But, he adds, "if it weren't for Bonfils and Seawell, we would still be arguing about the merits of the center...
...adopt the method illustrated by the caddies at the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, Hong Kong. By dangling both bags on a bamboo pole across his shoulders, the caddie could avoid setting the bags down in the snow for each club selection without undue physical strain...
...security becomes a reason to marry. Love and lust, of course, play their parts, but, except for the luckiest couples, their roles decline about the same time as the wedding gifts begin to rust, tarnish, yellow or malfunction. And you don't have to be married to feel the strain of that imposing bond; our lives are filled with couples who hang on to each other, bored but afraid to see what else is out there, trading happiness for security. For everyone who has ever contemplated the pros and cons of connubial bliss, Stephen Sondheim has a musical...
...behind. The Grubers, for example, agreed initially that there would be no shop talk at meals. But after "a number of silent dinners," they gave in, and have never regretted it. Indeed, says Marjorie Woods, the joint interest in a job "takes away a lot of the pressure and strain. It's always nice to know you're working with a friend...