Word: fire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Western experts have long had reservations about Soviet reactor design, but deficiencies may be even worse in the areas of fire prevention, systems monitoring and damage control. The most recent accident indicates that the Soviet navy may be facing another problem common to all sub fleets: long-term stress in aging vessels. The Echo IIs were built in the early and mid-'60s; last week's accident could point to insufficient maintenance...
...hours last week, all the insults seemed forgotten. At the end of the one-day summit, attended by 17 other African leaders, the Angolans announced that they had agreed to a cease-fire and the opening of peace talks. Said Dos Santos: "We have taken the first step...
...deify the sun. The Greek philosopher Anaxagoras brazenly claimed that it was merely a ball of fiery stone, and was arrested and banished from Athens for his blasphemy. But his radical concept caught on and was later refined by Aristotle, who proclaimed the sun an unchanging sphere of pure fire, devoid of any imperfections...
...Savannah River reactor, the only fire-fighting equipment was a garden hose. Managers left the sprinkler system off in another unit for fear that if activated it might get computers and records...
...interest rate commensurate with the risk. If it's a second mortgage, the going rate can be 16% or more, but it's all the more important to ascertain the true market value of the property and obtain other collateral. You must be certain that there's title, fire and flood insurance on the property and that your mortgage is recorded properly. And you should never assume that a property appraised at $300,000 today will yield anything near $300,000 in the event of foreclosure. The appraisal might have been high, selling costs will typically eat up at least...