Word: cores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been "zigzagging all the time, all the way." They claim that earlier this year a high Egyptian official assured Defense Minister Weizman that Egypt was "against the establishment of an independent Palestinian state." But last month Sadat said in a letter to Begin: "The Palestinian issue was always the core of the Middle East conflict. I always demanded, and still do demand, the establishment of a Palestinian state." The Israelis argue, moreover, that Begin has made important concessions, like agreeing to remove Israeli settlements and airfields from the Sinai although he had originally insisted that they remain there for security...
...nightmare that has nagged scientists since the dawn of nuclear power. A cooling-system pipe ruptures. The temperature of the nuclear reactor's core fuel shoots up, melting its zircaloy shielding. Finally the heat becomes so intense that the entire domed building disintegrates, leaking out a cloud of radioactive fallout that kills tens of thousands of people...
That gloomy scenario is, happily, still no more than hypothetical. But could such a blowdown, as scientists call it, really occur? Most officials say the risk is infinitesimally small. Even if a loss of coolant did occur, the reactor's back-up emergency core cooling system would presumably swing into action. Critics remain unpersuaded. They point out that there has never been a real test of a core cooling system in the 27 years of atomic power...
Good luck to Bud Bailyn, as he works on the Core...
...Wednesday night, Rosovsky surfaced to answer student questions at a forum sponsored by the Student Assembly. And the author of the Core Curriculum held his own against some pretty heavy questioning...