Word: cannot
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Gray said he cannot foresee any change in the trend of MIT students moving away from the humanities and social sciences as majors. But he added that "technical education and engineering education is more relevant today than it was ten years...
...should now know that we cannot entrust our safety to a private industry that neglects safety measures in pursuit of its own profit. The House Interior Committee has uncovered unconscionable negligence on the part of both the plant owner, Babcock & Wilcox, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Three Mile Island incident. Both ignored the detailed warning of the Tennessee Valley Authority's chief nuclear safety expert. He told them in 1977--two years before the accident--that the plant's method of measuring cooling water levels was faulty, yet nothing was done...
...cannot expect the federal government to help control the menace of nuclear power. Although President Carter ran on a platform of using nuclear energy as a last resort, as soon as he assumed office he began to argue that rapid development of nuclear power was our only way out of the energy crisis. Under his administration, the government has blatantly promoted the nuclear industry instead of regulating it. After taking a seemingly strong stand against the Clinch River experimental breeder reactor, Carter proposed that Congress explore the possibility of alternative breeders. Predictably, Congress voted to appropriate funds...
...realize that a successful occupation is a difficult task, but we cannot wait passively for another accident to happen. We cannot leave the responsibility to others. This winter will test all of us. Those in power are seeing how far they can push us. We must push back...
...Local Alliance now numbers between 100 and 200 members, many of whom are senior citizens, most of whom are lifelong residents of the area. Many of them and citizens from neighboring towns plan to join the occupation. Others, who cannot afford to occupy, have donated their land for camping, parking and staging uses, as well as for use as medical, information, and media centers--even though they face the threat of intimidation and harassment by local and state authorities. They have promised to be a lifeline for the occupiers once they get onto the site, raising money and providing food...