Word: fallouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Containing the political fallout from Japan's worst nuclear accident may prove more difficult. The mishap at the 19-year-old facility underscored growing fears around the globe about the mechanical wear and tear that occurs - inside nuclear plants as they age. Such concerns could hobble the government in its drive to double the number of nuclear reactors to 80 during the next 20 years, in order to reduce Japan's dependence on imported fossil fuels...
...confrontation with Iraq not to supply nuclear weapons to the ground troops in Saudi Arabia. Nearly 400 ! nuclear warheads are thought to be aboard American ships in the gulf region. Using them, however, would yield no military advantage that would come anywhere near offsetting the horrendous political fallout...
...Israel is unlikely to hit first, judging that the political fallout would outweigh the military benefits. If the U.S. detects that the Iraqis are fueling and preparing missiles aimed at Israel, a process that takes five to seven hours, it will probably try to destroy the launchers. But if Jerusalem detects signs of an Iraqi strike, Shamir may be impossible to restrain...
...near the witness table prove the maxim that there's nothing like a good scandal to bring lawyers out of the woodwork. Principal witness Edwin Gray was represented by Leonard Garment, who served as Richard Nixon's chief counsel throughout Watergate and advised Robert McFarlane during the Iran-contra fallout. Charles Ruff and Jim Hamilton, who are defending Senators John Glenn and Dennis DeConcini, respectively, served in the Watergate special prosecutor's office. Two lawyers besides Garment have hit the scandal triple crown. Senator Don Riegle is advised by Tom Green, who represented retired Major General Richard Secord after Iran...
...says Columbia's Gorman, someone who tends toward pessimism will not worry about just the economy but will also fret about getting sick or wonder whether war will break out in the Middle East. Barbara McCuen at the University of Nebraska at Omaha warns that there may be psychological fallout for the family. "The tensions come out at home," she says. "A five-year-old may not understand why there won't be a big Christmas...