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...lucky break in the kind of oil carried by the Braer: a light variety called Gullfaks, which, unlike other crudes, resists taking up water and forming a stable emulsion. The viscosity of most crudes causes them to form hard, tight masses that are difficult to break up. The tar balls and gooey globs that plagued Alaska have not appeared in the Shetlands because of the peculiar nature of Gullfaks. Says Dan Lawn, an environmental engineer who works in Prince William Sound: "When I flew over the site in the Shetlands, I was astounded to see that...
...though he's crazy, on the economy he's considered a straight-shooting truth teller. Of all the potential third-party nuisances we could think of, Perot alone has the standing to describe both of our economic plans as pain-free nonsense -- which is fine by us. Please, Ross, tar us both...
...best coffee in the Square," Sorrento says. "Christy's coffee tastes like it's from the bottom of the urn every time you go in there. They don't put enough cream in it," he says. "It always tastes like tar, or pitch...
About 1,300 km (800 miles) long, the San Andreas Fault system separates two sections of the earth's crust known as plates. Like giant rafts, these plates glide across an expanse of superheated rock, viscous as tar, that surrounds the planet's molten outer core. At the rate of nearly 5 cm (2 in.) a year, the Pacific plate to the west of the San Andreas is slowly pushing north, past the North American plate on the east. One possible result: 60 million or so years from now, a sliver of the California coast that includes the megalopolis...
BUSINESS: Icahn's Tar Baby...