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Foulded out--Salamone, Boron, Rebounds--Harvard 47 (Trout 11), Saint Ansolm 28 (McGowan 6). Assists--Harvard 11 (Dixon 4), Saint Ansolm 11 (Rivers 4), Total Fouls--Saint Ansalm 32, Harvard...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Cagers Destroy Saint Anselm, 75-67, Prepare for Cornell, Columbia Games | 1/11/1983 | See Source »

...nuclear reactor, such a chain reaction is kept under control by "absorbers"-usually boron or cadmium rods. These capture neutrons that might otherwise split more atoms. But if the fissile material is pure enough, and sufficiently compressed, as in a bomb, the chain reaction speeds up. Heat accumulates, and the material blows apart to produce the nuclear age's familiar mushroom cloud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The ABCs off A-Bombmaking | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...past few months Sohio has been selling gasoline at its 2,500 stations, including Boron and BP outlets in twelve states, for about 100 per gal. less than the going rate at competing stations. Sohio, the nation's 13th largest oil company, was able to keep its price down because it was one of the companies involved in the discovery of Alaska's North

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Why-o, Why-o Sohio? | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...Unit No. 1, which had been routinely shut down before the accident in adjacent Unit No. 2, had been so poorly maintained that ''boron stalactites more than a foot long hung from the valves, and stalagmites had built up from the floor.'' (The improper operation of some valves in the containment building of Unit No. 2, which is still far too contaminated with radiation to be entered, contributed heavily to the accident.) At a critical time when the NRC, which is headed by a five-man board, should have been deciding whether or not to seek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Scathing Look at Nuclear Safety | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson Statistics Receiving Caught Yds TD Boron (BU) 3 24 0 Martinez (BU) 3 30 0 Beatrice (H) 2 38 0 Marshall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Statistics | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

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