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...ly knew. The range of the Alpha's unchallenged proxy knowledge had virtually no limits. From taxes to weather, from farming to manufacturing, from diesel engine repair to Party interrogation methods...the Alpha inevitably knew someone who absolutely and completely knew all there was to know about whatever the group was talking about. When it came to politics, both Lo...

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...Grantham. - This was where R H Neal Ltd had been in business since 1939, although incorporated into Coles they were still making a range of their own diesel mechanical cranes and a hydraulic Hymax hybrid. A new hydraulic introduced based on the Hydra truck was a rough terrain unit called the Husky, these would eventually become the sole production of this factory as the ra...

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...it was his best chance for directions. Brand approached a smallish looking figure pumping diesel into a large tanker. “Which way to the Stone farm?”...

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...ignoring her sputters about receipts, records and strict store policies. His diesel truck started with a triumphant roar. He drove east, heady with ... ... Kleenex and a wrinkled sweatshirt. Gave the shirt a cautious sniff. A bit of diesel and horse, but otherwise it seemed clean. When the gagging sou... ...d to the left, smacking them with his shoulder. But Lazer muscled back like a diesel truck and the three horse disappeared, left to jostle for posit... ...said with an enigmatic smile. “Don’t forget to lock the door.” She heard his diesel truck roar to a start, the crunch of gravel, and then it blended...

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...ingly important trade partner is Turkmenistan. It supplies Afghanistan with petrol, diesel, LNG, and jet fuel (thus reducing Afghani dependence on ... ...ed down on the practice recently, Turkey turned a blind eye to a $1 billion annual diesel-against-everything market on its border with the rogue st...

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...Communications Railroads: 953 km, all 1.067-meter gauge; 32 km double track; diesel locomotives gradually replacing steam engines Highways: 32,250 km ... ...il-31 March Communications Railroads: 516 km 1.435-meter gauge single track; diesel operated Highways: 4,500 km; majority is bitumi- nous surfaced Inl... ...to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, line, all single track 1.000-meter gauge; only diesel locomotives in use Highways: 46,600 km total; 3,600 km bituminous ... ...s; party line telephone service on the island; radio station at Taro Ground; diesel generator provides electricity Defense Forces Defense is the respo... ...pied territo- ries); West Bank bulk of installed capac- ity contained in two diesel power plants: Jerusalem-Shoufat plant (22,000 kW), which is owned ...

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...to white steam. Turning black coal into white steam. Turning black oil into diesel powered locomotives. Oil refineries… turning black oil into tr... ... locomotives. Oil refineries… turning black oil into transparent gasoline or diesel fuel. Paint. Covering up ugliness and whitewashing it. Hidin... ...s and trucks now… Not only by using ethanol made from corn… but the new bio-diesel fuel made from corn for tractor-trailers. The original evil of...

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...imagine him joining you in symbolic dancing, or making improvements on the Diesel engine.” “No. He’s a dear soul, bless him, but he belongs in the Nat...

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...ave occurred more recently. One problem that occurred in 1999 was with the diesel generators. A nuclear power plant is con- trolled by a power grid. I... ...ally (“Two Steps” 1). If the grid goes down, then there are supposed to be diesel generators that control the activity in the reactor until the power ... ...nline (“Two Steps” 1). In 1999 it was found that for over three months the diesel generators at Three Mile Island were not working, and no one at the ...