Word: cleaning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dozen people on the platform who had either collapsed or were on their knees unable to stand up," recalls Nobuo Serizawa, a photographer. "One man was thrashing around on the floor like a fish out of water." Those who could walk staggered up three flights of stairs to the clean, fresh air. Some vomited; others lay rigid. Kennedy emerged, but he couldn't see; the gas had temporarily blinded him. Three young women clung together like small birds in a nest, trembling and crying. Yet they made no sound; the gas had silenced their voices...
...will cost at least $230 billion to clean up 80 contaminated nuclear weapons production sites in 30 states during the next century, according to a federal Energy Department study released today. Even after the cleanup is completed (possibly as late as 2070), hundreds of acres of severely contaminated property may still have to be cordoned off indefinitely, according to the study, which said maintaining such sites could cost $75 million a year. The study further concedes that if the cleanup program is not reformed to eliminate inefficiency and waste, the overall price tag could skyrocket to $350 billion. Even...
...from a water system that violates public health standards. "We cannot take the safety of our drinking water for granted," Browner told a group of local officials. "More remains to be done." GOP House members want to do less. Hours earlier, a subcommittee voted to gut the long-sacred Clean Water Act, which protects lakes, rivers and streams from pollution.TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompsonnotes that Browner, whom Republicans are now attacking for running a "partisan" EPA, is losing the fight. The water overhaul should pass the House in May, Thompson says, and theEndangered Species Act"likely won't survive...
...long shot. Four weeks ago, Anderson, sheriff of peaceful El Paso County, in the shadow of Colorado's Pikes Peak, made good on a November campaign promise and adopted the most lenient standards in the state for the carrying of concealed weapons. Any citizen with a clean felony record who returned the blue form with an $85 check stood a decent chance of being allowed to carry a gun, without having to train in its use or even explain why he or she needed it. Anderson expected to hear from people; in anticipation, he had 1,000 five-page application...
After the exams, victims will be provided with a private room to shower and they will also be given a clean change of clothing...