Word: ontario
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...that it costs to convert a vehicle to natural gas. In Washington the American Gas Association calls the fuel "a viable option for fleets." One drawback: to carry the gas, vehicles must be fitted with bulky tanks. In a cross-border experiment, Canada's Ontario Bus Industries and Brooklyn Union Gas are testing two gas-fueled buses in Brooklyn...
...jack pines, white and black spruce, poplar and birch trees exploded in the heat as more than 3 million acres of Canadian timberland went up in smoke during the past two weeks. Some 4,400 fire fighters battled 560 lightning-ignited fires that swept across northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario. "The whole north is virtually blowing up on us," sighed Albert Driedger, Manitoba's minister for emergency services. With high winds pushing dense smoke toward Indian reservations, provincial premier Gary Filmon declared a state of emergency...
...former college wrestler who pinned the nation's attention in 1978 with The World According to Garp. Maybe, but Toronto turned out to be the perfect place. There one can be away but not away, close to home but not at home. The clean, well-lighted city on Lake Ontario is also where Irving, 47, met his second wife, literary agent Janet Turnbull. Irving and Turnbull were married in 1987, and maintain an apartment in Toronto's Forest Hill section. The author spends about a week each month north of the border, where there is no lack of literary companionship...
...chiefly one of weight. But that is not the whole story. Electronic information can be made available to interested readers in a manner not possible through print. The task of devising software that would ferret out new uses for the OED2 was assigned to the University of Waterloo in Ontario. There a team of computer scientists led by Gaston Gonnet and Frank Tompa, both 40, responded with a vengeance...
Fish has an amazing record. During his 13 years as the squash coach, he has compiled a 124-9 record, suffering only one non-Ivy loss during his tenure. In 1976, the Crimson lost to Western Ontario...