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Dense Packages. Bostrom and Sherif admit that their scheme raises a number of serious technological questions. It would have to be determined, for example, whether a river deposits mud quickly enough to accommodate the projected garbage load. The plan would also be expensive, because the garbage would have to be compressed into dense, sinkable packages and transported by barge to the disposal site. Nevertheless, the two scientists, who are co-directors of the University of Washington's earthquake engineering group, are convinced that their proposal deserves serious scientific consideration. "In an age in which waste material is mass-produced...
When ships are run by computers that can plot the course, set the speed according to sea conditions, load and unload tanks, and even diagnose a sick sailor's ailment, the inevitable result is boredom. The scraping and painting that busied generations of seamen are no longer necessary. The Europoort, for example, is coated with 600 tons of nearly impervious paint that requires a cosmetic fix only once every two years. Seasickness, which used to keep novice seamen running for the rail, is only a memory. The huge beam of the VLCCs-close to 200 ft.-makes them extremely...
...minigun against a pocket of North Vietnamese caught in the open near the perimeter wire. Terrified, the Communists scattered back into the tree line, leaving 15 bodies on the ground. There was another strike, then another and another, until Hayden had expended his entire 2,500-lb. load of ordnance. By noontime, he was back at Khe Sanh to refuel, rearm and wait for the next assignment...
...explained the absence of faculty members from the earlier meeting as a result of a heavy work-load during his recovery from illness...
...construction in the U.S. The vessels are designed to operate with a 31-man crew, but maritime unions forced Prudential to hire 38. Fearful of losing jobs because the barges can be unloaded in mid-harbor and towed to distant river points, longshoremen wrested a promise from shipowners to load only at dockside in the U.S. Despite such make-work arrangements, shipping men expect the LASH vessels to open a new era in ocean cargo transportation. If so, the Lash Italia could be the most important new American ship since the first Yankee clipper...