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Word: betterment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...felt strong," Scidmore said. "I think I would have done better, but I was pushed around an awful lot at the beginning of the race. I moved by some people in the middle part, but not getting off faster definitely hurt my time...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Harriers Take 25th in NCAAs | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Yesterday at the McCormack Building in Boston, the Wilson committee questioned representatives from state agencies and energy utilities in the second of three scheduled days of informal public hearings. Topics discussed included the need to better train nuclear plant inspectors and to clarify responsibility for decision-making should a nuclear accident occur...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Nuclear Committee Urges Plant Review | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...central question for the committee, Wilson said, is how the people of Massachusetts can be sure their plant operators and state officials would be better prepared to meet a nuclear emergency than those at Three Mile Island...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Nuclear Committee Urges Plant Review | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Wiltshire, citing Massachusetts' unique requirement that plants obtain state as well as federal licensing, said the system here has been "better all along...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Nuclear Committee Urges Plant Review | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Approximately 50 Massachusetts service stations have begun test-marketing gasohol, a mixture of alcohol and gasoline, which proponents say will bring better gas mileage and less pollution...

Author: By Andrew B. Herrmann, | Title: Service Stations Test-Market Gasohol; Gasoline-Alcohol Mixture Selling Well | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

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