Word: wayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people were forced to. Armed struggle is a response to what the Establishment is doing. The British soldiers come with weapons. They don't come and say, "Let's try to sort this out." Their political masters don't say, "Let's try some other way...
Shale drillers know where to find their fuel, but they differ on the best way to get it out. Essentially, shale rock must be "cooked" at 900° F so that the kerogen can be vaporized and extracted. Two processes have been developed to do this...
...above-ground method in which the shale is "distilled" in somewhat the same way that moonshiners extract alcohol from corn mash. After the shale is mined, the rock is crushed. Union Oil then moves shale chunks through a towering surface retort, where hot gases heat it to release the kerogen. Colony uses a different process: it cooks finely ground shale in giant drums by mixing the marl with superheated, marble-size ceramic balls that distribute the temperature evenly and vaporize the kerogen. The balls are then separated from the spent shale by a screen, reheated and used again...
Proponents of ECT also point out that modern techniques are far removed from the horror of Cuckoo's Nest. Says Yudofsky, "The only way you physically know a seizure is taking place is that sometimes you see a finger wiggling slightly." The patient is injected with a short-acting anesthetic, then a muscle relaxant to prevent the sudden muscular contractions that in the past occasionally caused fractured bones or chipped teeth. An electrocardiogram is sometimes used to monitor the heart rhythm and oxygen is administered to prevent possible brain damage after the shock...
...League of Savings Associations unanimously approved the Fed's actions, and the group's chief economist, Ken Thygerson, admits that it "was necessary to deal a lethal blow to speculation in the housing market." Ben Heineman, president of Northwest Industries, calls the program a "sensible way of checking inflation." Even Senate Banking Chairman William Proxmire, normally the central bank's most vociferous critic, endorses the program, saying it has had an important "psychological effect." The battle against inflation finally seems serious...