Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thickness of a finger. But as Operation Morning Light continued in the Canadian wilderness near Great Slave Lake, the searchers discovered remnants of the nuclear-powered Cosmos 954: man-made sticks of radioactive metal stuck in the frozen tundra and ice-covered lakes. At least five chunks of the fallen Soviet spy satellite were located. One, a mere 10 in. long and ½in. thick, was emitting enough radiation to kill anyone foolish enough to hold it for two hours...
While the rest of the University has been throwing, eating and sculpting the newly-fallen snow, a small army of Buildings and Grounds (B&G) personnel has been struggling to clear it away...
...company's unprofitable camera-manufacturing division, crowed: "I am delighted with the verdict." However, he will have to wait awhile for any money. The jury will not meet until Feb. 21 to decide on an award (Berkey is seeking $900 million). More important, Kodak Chairman Walter Fallen told his top managers at headquarters in Rochester that Kodak will appeal, be vindicated and continue to operate "as we have in the past...
...only hubris. Nothing is certain in the murky field of antitrust law, and cases move glacially; the appeal may take several years to decide. And Kodak, with its enormous resources-$780 million in cash and marketable securities -will doubtless fight with fury to preserve the principle, as Fallen sees it, that the antitrust laws should not insulate competitors from the rigors of the marketplace...
...Peking's peacemaking efforts have fallen flat. Chou's widow, a Long March veteran and party heroine, was chosen to lead a high-level Chinese delegation to Cambodia because of her pervasive prestige. Her mission was to persuade Premier Pol Pot to negotiate a settlement with Hanoi, but she failed. Though received with due pomp in Phnom-Penh, she was soon whisked out to view the 12th century ruins at Angkor Wat and otherwise kept occupied. After four days she reportedly cut short her visit and went home. Though her hosts may not have been paying much attention...