Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...region has long been aware of its special vulnerabilities. Its water comes in by aqueducts that a big quake would fracture. Like the devastated Marina district in San Francisco, parts of coastal communities such as Marina Del Rey, Venice and Long Beach are built on sandy soil and landfill that could liquefy during a temblor, amplifying its destructive impact. State transportation officials last week handed the city council a list of 48 highway bridges and overpasses that need reinforcement to withstand a powerful quake. Cost: $32 million. Los Angeles' city engineer Robert Horii informed the city council that $100 million...
...Stein, president of a home-remodeling company: "We have at least five years of work ahead of us." In fact, conditions had improved enough for Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. to send his ; police chief to hard-hit Santa Cruz, Calif., with a supply of electric generators and bottled water. Said Riley: "We understand what they are going through...
...Sangfroid"; an irritable trader who throws a phone at his clerk every time he passes; and a bond trader who thrives on global catastrophe. Minutes after the Chernobyl disaster, this fellow advises, "Buy potatoes." Lewis suddenly understands: "Of course. A cloud of fallout would threaten European food and water supplies . . . placing a premium on uncontaminated American substitutes...
PROFILE: Architect Maya Lin combines water, granite and truth in her newest work...
...band called the Roosters. Oliver spends many nights playing with Austin's Otter Space Band and many days presenting environment programs in Texas secondary and elementary schools. "We want to pass on our ideas to youngsters," he says. He also composes public-service jingles for cities and towns. One water-conservation message was titled "Please Don't Leave the Water Running When You Wash...