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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...adjusting a stuck valve. But human fallibility apparently was the more alarming shortcoming of what happened at Three Mile Island. Once the original on-site mistakes had been made, the blame spread to the NRC itself. Commission officials privately admit that they were slow to get an emergency crew with the necessary skill and authority to the scene of the disaster. Had the right men been there at the right time, three days before they finally did show up, they might have limited the damage and certainly would have reduced the meltdown risk. Astonishingly, in the age of the atom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Back From The Brink | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...annual wage and benefit increases. At the same time, a walkout by United Airlines machinists, who are also seeking a guideline-busting settlement, grounded all flights of the U.S.'s largest air carrier and forced the layoff of more than 13,000 pilots, attendants and other crew members...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ripping Apart the Guidelines | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

After watching their opponent's shell crash into a sailboat and send two sailors sprawling into the Charles, the Radcliffe lightweight crew survived a strong tailwind, sleet, an abbreviated course, a busted rigger and numbing cold only to lose narrowly to the UNH heavyweight varsity Saturday morning...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: 'Cliffe Lights Submerged As Weather, Luck Falter | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Smith said the crew was "anticipating that the race may come down to the final sprint," and that it was ready...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Rough but Ready, Lights Open Today | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...flourishes," is how Raymond summed up his strategy. There seems to be a little John Belushi in this crew after...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Rough but Ready, Lights Open Today | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

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