Word: waterized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Orbiter 3 started to flag soon after, as Piccard and Jones flew over the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Progress toward Hawaii was slow, and they lost contact with mission control for four days. "I realized that the worst desert wasn't made of sand but of water," Piccard said when communications were re-established. Then the balloon popped out of its jet stream over Mexico and drifted in the wrong direction. They were using up precious fuel without making much headway. Even worse, a heater faltered, and temperatures on board plummeted to 46[degrees]F. Both pilots were...
GOLF COURSES Caring for greens requires lots of fertilizer and river water. Golf courses must recycle water and limit fertilizer...
HYDROELECTRIC DAMS Dams hurt baby fish by slowing down water, which raises its temperature and increases the time it takes the young to get to the ocean. Others are killed by hydroelectric turbines before they can even start downstream. Adult fish swimming upstream often fail to make it over the dam, as staircase-like "fish ladders" prove only partly effective. Some dams must be redesigned; others should be removed...
SUBURBS Homeowners must wash cars less often and limit pesticide and herbicide use, all of which produce toxic runoff. Water-saving toilets can help maintain river levels. Owners of riverfront homes must eliminate antierosion bulkheads, which keep sand and debris from replenishing kelp beds that protect baby salmon...
TODAY M. Tennis vs. USD/Boise St. (at UCSB), 1:30 p.m. W. Hockey vs. Brown (at AWCHAs), 6 p.m. Baseball vs. Okla. St. (at Homestead), 7 p.m. W. Water Polo vs. UMass, 8 p.m. Softball at Cal-State Hayward, all day. W. Track at Texas...