Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vacuum characteristic of all thermonuclear explosions, destroying almost all the atmosphere in an incoming warhead's path and effectively ending its maneuvering ability. Any warheads surviving these multiple perils would probably be burned up by frictional heat as they plunged earthward at more than 5,000 m.p.h. through dust and debris. Under its worst-case scenario, the Pentagon figures at least 70 of the MXs would survive in their superhardened silos...
...pulse (EMP) from nuclear blasts. To clear the way for the missiles, giant, hydraulically powered blades would rise out of the silos and sweep away obstructing rubble. Once launched, the MXs would be traveling much slower than the incoming Soviet missiles. Thus, as they rose through the cloud of dust and debris, the buildup of heat on their exteriors would not be disabling. Says Under Secretary of Defense Richard DeLauer: "We can fly the MX out before he [the Soviets] can fly his missiles...
Environmental Protection Agency workers began testing along the roadsides of this town about 25 miles southwest of St Lours this week after learning that Russell Bliss, an Ellosville waste hauler, was hured in 1972 73 to spray city streets with oil to control dust...
...didn't hear an explosion because the sound of the jet was very loud. But he had a very strong concussion and he had hit the ground by that time and was lying in the hallway. When he opened his eyes and looked around the hallway was filled with dust and smoke and he couldn't see anything...
...fellowship to Harvard Law School, and recalls with joy the years he spent completing first an M.A. and then a Ph.D. on the legal aspects of East-west trade. "At Harvard, my mind was set on fire," he writes. "I spent my night in the second basement in the dust that Dr. Newton had ordered me to avoid. I undertook detailed and captivating research, deciphering unpublished manuscripts in several languages...