Word: accidentally
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The Soviets officially informed Norway of the accident nearly nine hours after the vessel went down. The Norwegian news agency NTB claimed Norwegian rescue helicopters could have reached the ship several hours before Soviet fishing vessels if the Soviets has asked for help promptly.
At the crest of this new wave is Brigada S. "It's almost an accident we became so popular," says Sukachev, 29, who worked in a factory before he could make it with his music. Only two years ago, Sukachev and fellow band members were routinely hauled into local police...
In a wider perspective, the disaster points up the unresolved conflict between American desires for an unspoiled environment and demands for more energy that has long bedeviled national policy. Immediately the crack-up of the Exxon Valdez gives powerful new ammunition to environmentalists fighting against a proposal to allow oil...
The sources stressed, however, it was unclear whether the nuclear propulsion section of the Russian sub had been the source of the accident or involved in any fires.
The accident with the Mike comes two-and-a-quarter-years after a Soviet "Yankee-class" missile submarine sank off the coast of North Carolina after an explosion and fire. That fire was believed to have involved the liquid fuel propellant inside a nuclear missile.