Word: dampener
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Many people forget the two near-disasters within the last 12 years: in 1966 the Fermi reactor near Detroit suffered a partial meltdown; in 1974 the Browns' Ferry reactor in Alabama went completely out of control when a careless maintenance worker started a fire among the cables used to dampen the reaction, knocking out both the primary and secondary safety systems. Plant engineers later said it was a miracle that they managed to regain control over the reactor before it blew up completely. The point of this book is simply to inform the reader that a total meltdown might happen...
Johnna was already there. Jack Kirkland's death two months after Gelsey's 16th birthday momentarily brought the sisters together but did not dampen a long-simmering rivalry between the two. Gelsey's determination to be a better dancer than anyone else definitely included Johnna. Soon the sisters did not speak. Balanchine apparently did not help matters. Johnna remembers him asking Gelsey, "Why can't you do an adagio like your sister? Go home with your sister and have her teach you how to do an adagio." Johnna was told to learn jumping from Gelsey. The result was predictable. Says...
...they "interested" in being nurses and not doctors? Secretaries, not executives? The prospect of entering a field in which only a minute number of women attain success would be enough to dampen any woman's interest...
...line" to transit the canal in case of an emergency. The cable, from the U.S. embassy in Panama to the State Department, predicted "increasing irritation" over differing interpretations of the wording of the treaty, which guarantees American warships the right "to transit the canal expeditiously" after 1999. To dampen senatorial wrath, the State Department late in the week said the U.S. and Panama would draft a statement clarifying the disputed provisions...
...ever-flowing rain of the past two weeks may have reduced Soldiers Field to a marshy bog, but it did not dampen Mleczko or the Crimson women. In a hard-hitting battle highlighted by Harvard's superb ball control, the women displayed much of the skill that earned them a 12-1-1 record...