Word: constructionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Protesters had come to Seabrook in years past--their goal to stop construction on the giant nuclear plant now one-fifth complete. Last May, the talk-is-cheap part of the anti-nuclear movement began planning a new tack in the fight. Instead of peaceful protests or acts of civil...
On the marsh, the main assault never really happens. Instead, there are sudden fence-cutting attempts: Run to the fence with wire cutters, make a few snips and then get back before the uniforms arrive with Mace and clubs. If you're sophisticated, you work in teams--someone holds a...
Meanwhile, the hacendados (estate owners), who once were undisputed masters of million-acre game preserves and cattle ranches, have been displaced from the top of the social pyramid by a new elite of rich cosmopolitan entrepreneurs and a growing middle class. Mexico City's Bernardo Quintana, for example, built the...
The study also finds that the dam's projected output of 23 megawatts of electricity will be offset by operational costs and rack up an annual $750,000 deficit. And the TVA, which lobbied vehemently for the dam throughout the 1960s and '70s, now admits that the project...
The legal means of stopping construction have now been exhausted. We support the peaceful occupation of Seabrook as the only recourse left. The plant is unnecessary, uneconomic and, when completed, it will be unsafe. As with nuclear power plants all over the country, the price tag for Seabrook has more...