Word: concerned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...noncommittal. "It's a great way to get to know someone without having to date them," suggests Marge Gabbert, owner of Fascinating Rhythm, a dance studio in San Francisco. Says Marsha Dubrow, a Washington free-lance writer: "This is sensual without being sexual. Certainly fear of AIDS is a concern, but I also think that the complexity of the times and the epidemic fear of commitment have sparked the resurgence of ballroom...
...special meeting at the White House last week, President Reagan and Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci asked Department of Energy Secretary John Herrington to answer one question: Is the nation's nuclear stockpile in jeopardy? There was ample reason for their concern. A few days earlier, Building 771 at the Government's Rocky Flats plutonium-processing plant in Colorado became the second weapons facility to be shut down in less than two months, after three people were exposed to radioactive material. Simultaneously, a Government report charged DOE-run weapons-research labs with lax security during visits by foreign experts, including...
...time soon to make radioactive materials for weapons safely and without further damage to the environment. "The Department of Energy is solving problems as they arise," charged Democratic Congressman Mike Synar of Oklahoma. "What we need is a serious overhaul of DOE oversight." As if to underscore that concern, DOE officials reported at week's end that the DOE's nuclear weapons plant at Fernald, Ohio, had released thousands of tons of radioactive uranium waste over the past few decades into the atmosphere and the regional water supply. Plant workers and thousands of surrounding residents have been exposed to danger...
...biggest concern for reggatta organizers is the same concern that has plagued the Head in past years--the party scene on the river's banks. Such a scene detracts from the nature of the regatta, Jones said...
...Another concern is how to safely manuever 840 boats from the water to the banks. Magazine Beach will be the port of call for the boats, which, according to Jones, are worth from $3000 to $10,000. Add the fact that these boats are not that flexible when it's easy to see why such a feat must be smoothly...