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...Force captain as saying, "Under the worst combination of circumstances, a man could fry in those things." Another officer added that the radiation could cause cataracts and sterility, and the symptoms may not show for two years. At the time, there were no signs indicating the radiation hazard to civilians...

Author: By David Dahlquist, | Title: The Microwave War | 2/2/1978 | See Source »

Heat recovery systems can be dangerous in chemistry and biology laboratories, Goodwin says, because the potential hazard of recycling poisonous gas always exists...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: The Great Chilled Water Bazaar Or Harvard's Energy Labyrinth | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

...have not been thrashed by a ZYGOTE-wielding expert, sells briskly in seven languages, at $19 for the plastic-coated board with turntable base, and supports a bimonthly newspaper and some 55 clubs across the nation. Fans of new board games called Lie Cheat & Steal and Seduction (sample hazard: "Remove an article of clothing and stimulate the person you are pursuing") so far have not formed leagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Games People Play: 1977 | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

...Sadat?could not endure. His country was an economic cripple, with debts of $13 billon. It is now dependent on subsidies amounting to $5.4 billion from the U.S., Saudi Arabia and the other Arab oil states merely to keep going. Egypt's parlous economic situation is certainly a political hazard for Sadat. Seventy-nine people died during two days of food riots last January in Cairo and Alexandria. The violence ended only when Sadat reluctantly rolled back price increases on wheat, oil and other staples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Sadat's Sacred Mission | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

...worth of damage. Part of the problem: the law authorized enough money for the Army's Corps of Engineers to make an inventory but not a detailed safety inspection of the nation's 49,500 dams. The inventory, costing $3.4 million, classified 9,000 dams as "high hazard" structures, not because they were necessarily faulty but because there could be substantial loss of life and property if any failed. The corps estimates that a full inspection to determine which dams need reinforcement would cost $367 million, but only $15 million is available under the 1972 law. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Dam Breaks in Georgia | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

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