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To: MrB

It’s a usage I had not heard before.

32 posted on 02/03/2011 5:48:11 AM PST by Tax-chick (When politicians are "civil," the Republic is threatened.)

To: Tax-chick

Solar power plants usually run on this principle.

Take a massive parabolic dish.

Then run a steam engine at the focus.

77 posted on 02/03/2011 8:17:37 AM PST by BenKenobi (one of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.")

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