Word: directer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...until 6 a.m., said Curry, did workers notice that "a small amount" of radioactive water had leaked onto the floor of the containment building. That meant the primary loop, which brings cooling water into direct contact with the radioactive reactor core and keeps its temperature at a safe 600° F., had been affected in some unexplained way. Curry insisted that an emergency was declared almost immediately and the proper state and local authorities promptly notified. State police immediately blocked off the two bridges leading to the 600-acre island, letting through only plant officials...
...former Under Secretary of State George Ball: "The treaty is a very useful achievement only if it is followed up. If it is not, it could cause more harm than good." Ball suggests several steps Washington should soon take. For one thing, he urges the Administration to open "immediate, direct discussions with the Palestine Liberation Organization so that the Arabs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank can feel that they have some representation." According to Ball, Washington's recently repeated offer to negotiate with the P.L.O. only if it recognizes Israel is evidence that the Administration...
...only will the OPEC action add at least 2? to the already rising costs of gasoline, but as the price goes up, people will demand bigger paychecks from their employers. That will spread the increases through the whole economy, multiplying the impact. The latest OPEC boost will have a direct adverse effect on the nation's balance of payments. Last week the Commerce Department released some cheering figures showing that the trade deficit shrank in February to a 22-month low, in part because of a $700 million decline in oil imports from Iran. The OPEC increase, which could...
...payroll distribution system and related internal controls was not in compliance with federal regulations," the 60-page audit states, adding, "and the system that was used and currently in use does not provide reasonable assurance that direct costs for the personal services of professorial and other professional staff were either proper or reasonable...
Head coach Carole Kleinfelder will direct the team in a game situation for the first time this year. Kleinfelder, who recently finished coaching the U.S. women's lacrosse team on a tour through England. Scotland and Wales, had entrusted the preseason chores to assistant coach Mary Ellen Martin...