Word: america
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Despite his own professional standing, Gofman scorns America's "professional class" of "apologists" who care "cut in for a modest share of the spoils" in return for serving the "privilege-elite" in power. He cites the Director of the Livermore Lab who conceded it was Gofman's duty to calculate that 32,000 would die if everyone were exposed to the legally allowed dose of radiation. "What" the director, asked, "makes you think that 32,000 would be too many?" Gofman marshals many such illustrations to answer those who ask how scientists could endorse nuclear technology if it is really...
...most of New Hampshire, parts of Maine, and the Boston metropolitan area. The Seabrook nukes are also the cornerstone of the New England Utilities' nuclear strategy. And they may well be the test case of the will and ability of the national nuclear industry to move us to Nuclear America. A recent nuclear industry journal stated that after so many years of public opposition and attention to Seabrook, the nuclear folks must finish building it and start it operating safely or they will see the tide turn against them...
...Pope's visit might be a catalyst for growth in the intensity of Catholicism in America, but Rimkus added, "It will take a lot more factors than a Pope's visit for people to decide whether to join the Church...
Gazit refused to comment on America's recent encouragement of Israel to accept the possibility of a Palestinian homeland in the near future. He says he does approve, however, of many of President Carter's Middle-East peace initiatives...
Tonight, in a very special way, I hold out my hands to the youth of America. In Mexico City and Guadelajara I met the youth of Latin America. In Warsaw and Cracow I met the youth of Poland. In Rome I meet frequently groups of young people from Italy and from all over the world. Yesterday I met the youth of Ireland in Galway. And now with great joy I meet you. For me, each one of these meetings is a new discovery. Again and again I find in young people the joy and enthusiasm of life, a searching...