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...secret of Bear's Goat-Gap Texas Chili, which again this year beat out all contenders for the coveted Washington Chili Bowl Championship, is in the technique and the spices: superhot chili powder, seeded jalapeno peppers, oregano and masa harina. So it is with the press briefings of "the Bear," as Illinois-born James Brady calls himself. Even when he has nothing of substance to say, his witty affability can calm hungry reporters. At one point during the transition when he had no inside news to impart. Brady disarmed disappointed newsmen with a typical wisecrack: "I've gotten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Affable Bear: White House Press Secretary James Brady | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...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 in the West at present is uneconomical, produces gigantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Looking Anew At The Nuclear Future | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...latest demonstration of Pele's power. In mid-September the volcano rumbled and then erupted. For several days, Kilauea tossed lava bombs, rock and ashes into the air. Then, with fire spouting up to 350 ft. above the crater rim, the volcano spewed out a fountain of fluid, superhot lava that glowed like a Dantean vision of hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Angry Goddess On a Rampage | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...steak.' He suggested that a laser beam instead of a knife be used to cut meat with tissue-thin precision and that special blades patterned after the cryogenic needles now used in brain surgery be used to cut and cauterize at the same time. He believes that superhot temperatures can be employed to create new meat textures. Chemicals could also introduce new colors and new smells, says Kinzel, and could be used to create what the industry believes meat eaters would really like: a louder, ear-appealing sizzle during cooking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Automating the Sizzle | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

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