Word: watt
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...public -- a kind of Stealth Secretary. In speeches, Lujan has appealed for "balance" -- his favorite word -- between environmentalism and economic development. "I am not going to let anyone rape the earth," he insists. But in actuality, his policies distinctly tilt toward industry. "He is not the ideologue that James Watt was, but he certainly is advancing much of the same agenda," asserts James Leape, senior vice president of the World Wildlife Fund. "He is a serious threat to conservation...
...Keefe said the party would featureprofessional disc jockeys and dancers from danceclubs in New York and Boston, a live band, a lightshow and a 1200-watt sound system...
...With Lettuce and Tomato) is born, with a 500 watt transmitter on top of a white tableclothed booth. Before 1926 is over, the station is a big hit. It's trash-Miss Stephanie and Her All-Boy Autoharp bands and Uncle Albert's poetry-but it's trash that the people love...
...receivers picked up Pioneer 10 in 1985. It was a sanity check, a proof of concept. It proved that SETI could pick up a weak transmission. It was a triumph of engineering," says Arnold. Pioneer's signal was 1 watt, no stronger than a Christmas tree light...
...Spielberg's crew. The lowered cost of entry has encouraged all sorts of people to go into business -- full time or on the side -- taping everything from rock concerts to legal depositions. "All of a sudden I can give my videos the slick look TV audiences expect," says Jim Watt, a self-employed "videographer" who worked at NBC News for 12 years before the new technology enabled him to strike out on his own. Now he pursues a vocation many would covet: traveling to the world's choicest fishing spots to shoot instructional fly-fishing videos that he sells through...