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Following the accident, workers tried to curb the amount of escaping radiation by building a 24-story concrete sarcophagus around the structure...
...into cars for the drive back to Cabrini, which is still a war zone. This is not the moment for uplifting oratory, and Coyle doesn't spout any. But he does offer a gentle visual image that could be taken for hope: as the cars pull away from the curb, "a dozen small hands could be seen sticking out of the windows, trying to capture...
...staff members lost their jobs after an advisory committee recommended a restructuring of the museum to curb the seven-year cumulative deficit of $1 million...
...accelerate the search for an effective treatment. Yet even highly optimistic observers do not expect a cure to be found before the end of this century. Still, as the Shalala announcement's exclusive focus on cure highlights, it is not acceptable to explore publicly the measures that could curb the spread of the disease by slowing the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes it. Indeed, before you can say What about prevention? the politically correct choir chimes in: You cannot call it a plague! You are feeding the fires of homophobia! Gay basher...
Clinton's speech signalled that Hollywood is not exempt from the president's call to act responsibly and curb violence...