Word: general
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acres of uranium mill tailings remain, untreated and exposed in the city of Shiprock. The U.S. Department of Energy now estimates that those persons residing within a half-mile radius of uranium mill tailings piles have a 100 per cent greater risk of contracting cancer than the general population. The reason is fundamental to the nature of uranium. Uranium mill tailings retain 85 per cent of the original radioactivity of the uranium--"wastes" or not. Kerr McGee's abandoned uranium mill and tailings pile lie approximately 60 feet from the San Juan River, the major water source for the local...
...year-old tradition, reading period, has begun again, complete with the threats of general examinations, senior honors hourlies, and final exams...
Seniors concentrating in History will take their general examinations today. Robin B. Balthrope '79, a History concentrator, said yesterday, "I'll be glad when this is all over. Everywhere I went this last week, I've had a book in hand." Balthrope said she has studied about eight hours each day during the last week in preparation for the History general examination...
Honors concentrators in Government will begin writing a three-day take-home general examination tomorrow. "I'm feeling pretty burned out from my thesis. I just hope I'll be up to the Government generals," Laura A. Taylor '79 said yesterday...
Juniors concentrating in Social Studies will begin their three-day take-home general examination today...