Word: accidentally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ZY: Well this morning, I walked around for 20 minutes. It's been ten years since I have graduated from college. I came upon a car accident, a minor one. I'm surprised how seriously they react here--there were five police cars and a fire engine.
Regardless of its scope, an accident that can be classified as nuclear--like the one at the JCO uranium-processing plant at Tokaimura, not far from Tokyo [WORLD, Oct. 11]--seems to get wide media coverage. This event, though certainly serious, was on par with other industrial accidents that occur...
I found your coverage of Japan's nuclear nightmare the most informative piece on the accident, and I live within 6 miles of the JCO plant. I and many others I have spoken with were disturbed by how long it took the company to inform the public and by how...
Ed Coburn, publisher of the newsletter ShiftWork Alert, says American companies have gradually become more aware of the problems inherent in altering human circadian rhythms. Yet he observes that U.S. job culture still has not woken up, so to speak, to the need for more adaptation. Doctors, he notes, enter...
HEAD COUNT When a child experiences a severe blow to the head--in a car or bike accident, for instance--there may be an unexpected consequence: the onset of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. A small study shows that within a year of injury, 20% of kids develop the behavioral problem...