Word: disasterous
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TIME correspondent Edward Barnes reports that the two men thought to have rented the truck used in the bombing used a fake South Dakota drivers' license with a birthdate of April 19 -- the same day as theBranch Davidian disaster in Waco, Tx., as well as the Oklahoma City explosion. The...
Tokyo hospitals stocked up on nerve gas antidotes while some schools and shopping centers shut down early for the weekend, as police authorities stepped up the largest peacetime security operation in Japanese history. Tokyo is bracing for a disaster this weekend, as predicted in a book released last month byAum...
Working against a tight deadline, at least 20,000 Japanese police fanned out today in a desperate search for cult leaders suspected in last month'snerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway. Coast guard patrols checked boats leaving the country, and police in Tokyo went on "emergency alert." The reason...
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma promised today that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant would be closed by 2000. Representatives from the 15-nation European Union and G-7 countries visiting Kiev called the decision "a radical change in Ukrainian policy" given the former Soviet country's grave economic difficulties. Previously, Kiev...
Not that long ago, doctors and patients viewed medical tests the same way military officers think about radar. By providing an early warning of a potentially deadly threat, the tests open up a critical window for averting disaster. Just because a little information is good, however, does not necessarily mean...