Word: cleaning
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...their fission triggers for thermonuclear weapons, the Russians approached the theoretical maximum efficiency-something the U.S. has not got near. With such efficiency, they were able to eliminate most of the fallout from the fission process and make their bombs remarkably clean. U.S. scientists had expected the Soviet triggers to account for up to 50% of the yield; they actually accounted for less than...
...furthest from grace. In swab tests conducted in nearly 1,000 restaurants, investigators found high bacteria counts on bar glasses "almost commonplace." A count of 100 bacteria per utensil is thought to be a safe level; bar glasses regularly approached counts of 3,000. And spoons were almost uniformly clean...
...were using unsatisfactory or no bactericidal treatment," said a report on the tests last week. "Roughly 50% of their operators admitted they did not know they were supposed to be using any." Restaurants in cities were worse than those in small towns, where a slower pace helps keep utensils clean: more time is spent washing dishes, and many dishes are used so seldom that all but the hardiest species of bacteria simply die on the shelf...
Ironically, keeping utensils clean is easy with modern germicidal treatments-chlorine, iodine or quaternary compounds. Even a 30-second bath in water heated to more than 170° is believed by many health departments to be sufficient sterilization for previously washed utensils. But in busy bars, where the bartender has little light to see by and little time to spend with the dishes, the casual, conversational "dip and swipe" method is the common way of washing glasses...
Freshman goalie Wade Weich performed spectacularly in the sudden death overtime, breaking up several clean breaks at the goal by J.V. skaters. Welch made 55 saves in all against 41 for Sweitzer. The Freshman defense lost Captain John Daly early in the second period and was hard pressed thereafter...