Word: accidentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In those early hours when there was talk of keeping the investigation secret, | Rogers quickly squelched the idea. Indeed, one of the first questions he asked the White House was if the President had any problems with "full disclosure." None, came the answer. "Otherwise it would have been a running...
Rogers desperately wanted to be able to pinpoint a cause of the Challenger explosion so the nation could move on in space. But he also knew that most investigations never arrive at firm conclusions. Events and the nature of the tragedy played his way, however, and it became apparent in...
That accident, at a farewell concert for a local rock band, effectively marked the end of my "punk" phase, a period during freshman year when I fancied myself somehow above and apart from Harvard and my own origins. I next reincarnated myself as a political junkie, dropping out of classes...
Soviet scientist Valery Legasov yesterday said that lessons must be drawn from the Chernobyl nuclear accident, including the need for better skills in dealing with sophisticated technology.
But nuclear power "is not a luxury we can drop like a garment," said Blix, who visited the Soviet disaster area immediately after the accident.