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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years of experience. But since the first one went on-line at Obninsk in the Soviet Union in 1954, there has always been the fear of an accident. The vast majority of malfunctions pose no serious health threat, yet some problems have required emergency measures. A worldwide count of accidents and casualties at nuclear facilities cannot be made with precision because the Soviet Union, a major user of nuclear power, does not divulge information about such problems until they become impossible to disregard or deny. Some of the most serious reported nuclear mishaps...
...anxiety of the rest of history," says one character, benefiting from the hindsight of fiction. Records of the actual event contain revealing statements that defy the imagination. Said a general to the scientist who had called the century's most resonant countdown: "What a wonderful thing that you could count backward at a time like this...
...Chamber of Mines even appealed to the courts to ban the work stoppage. But when judges ruled that the unions had the legal right to call the strike, some employers agreed to pay their workers for the day. Even at the Chamber of Mines, officials allowed striking employees to count the day as a personal...
...that didn't count. It wasn't me against...
Facing an 0-2 count, Vallone--who entered the game with no game-winning RBI and only five RBI on the year--delivered a sharp single down the right-field line, bringing Caprio home with the winning...