Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only be beneficial to all mankind but will make the country that possesses it the most powerful in the world. The rulers of the state are something less than thrilled that a black has become their "most important man," and Toime soon finds himself in bitter-and ultimately fatal-conflict with the white community...
...WHAT Mailer finally considers Millett's fatal flaw is the way she butchers the literary material and the writers she criticizes. D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Jean Genet all fall under her carving knife. (So does Mailer, for that matter, but in the Harper's essay, he seems to be too, er, modest to reflect on Millett's criticism of his own work, except in passing.) He is, however, swift to show us how and where the good woman wrecks havoc...
Even worse, though, the plant is not equipped to trap any gas released during reprocessing and over 30,000 curies of gaseous radioactive krypton (K85) are released every month. One curie, fully absorbed, is fatal. With prevailing winds from the west a serious hazard is posed for Buffalo 30 miles to the northeast and for Vermont, which thought its problems had ended when the wastes first left the state...
Helicopter Hazards. As they search for the story of the Laos campaign, correspondents have had little choice but to ride to the front in Viet Nam air force (VNAF) helicopters-high risk transportation at best. Comparatively inexperienced, VNAF pilots fly well enough but are poor map readers-a potentially fatal failing in an area where pinpoint accuracy is essential. Three weeks ago, four civilian photographers, including LIFE'S Larry Burrows, were presumably killed when a VNAF helicopter got lost over Laos and was shot down. Staffers of A.P., U.P.I., the New York Times and Washington Post have simply stopped...
Reading Disability. Sully's death underscored the danger of flying in VNAF helicopters. Though General Tri had a South Vietnamese pilot for his fatal flight, most other Vietnamese generals now travel in U.S. Army choppers, fearful that VNAF pilots may lose their way. Fortnight ago a VNAF helicopter carrying U.S. newsmen got temporarily but totally lost over unfamiliar terrain in South Viet Nam. In another case, a VNAF pilot casually chalked map coordinates to his destination on the outside of his chopper windshield, only to find himself forced to try to read them backwards from the inside...