"We simply can't compete on cost efficiency with a gas-fired plant, though I think that we will be able to compete with off-shore wind and tidal projects, " says Skilhagen.

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And this plant has something to do with it, because I was just seeing some doors and some hoods made right here -- more lightweight, more efficient, saves on fuel economy.

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But as we threaded our way precariously among the heavy plant I spotted a beautiful young Palestinian woman who was very obviously "great with child".

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After experimenting with fruit juices and plant extracts, and failing multiple times, I created a recipe that showed great promise.

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My father was a pump operator at the city water plant, and he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when my brother and I were young.

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"I think if we don't buy that time, there's a foregone conclusion that we will very shortly start going down the path of converting the plant or the real estate into a transfer station and I think most of us are very unhappy with that possibility, " Mr. Stein said.

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