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Word: disposall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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What becomes of radioactive waste material? As the Atomic Age enters its 14th year, the problem is growing, and no one can be certain that present disposal systems are reasonably safe.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Atomic Garbage Disposal | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Wood and his firemen went into the basement tank room, tried to stop the leak with a new flange. When the air cylinders for their masks were empty and they came up to the street to change them, their faces and necks showed bright red acid burns; 38 were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Royal Water in Brooklyn | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

Khrushchev: You wanted indirectly to threaten me. But we have means at our disposal that can have very bad consequences.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Better to See Once | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

At work excavating gravel from a water-filled pit in Kent, England last week, a workman felt his scoop hit an obstacle. He gave it an extra pull, and near fainted from fright: up came a 1,100-lb. bomb, a German dud from World War II. Within minutes, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Bomb Tamer | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Built-in Disposal. Last month, landed by a bush pilot on a glacier at 7,000 ft., the four began their long push-the kind of adventure that pales a plains dweller. At 12,500 ft., they labored nine hours to hack 7-by-7-ft. platform from a 45...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Great One | 7/13/1959 | See Source »

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