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Word: hazardously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part of Norway. Sample queries: "I am a mother of small children. What measures should I take against the radiation in the air?" "I am pregnant. Are the radiation beams dangerous to the child I am bearing?" Public-health assurances that the radiation was too low to pose a hazard failed to stem the concern. "Mass hysteria in a situation like this is not uncommon," said Are Holen, a catastrophe researcher in Oslo. "We experience a danger that we cannot see and cannot register with any of our other senses, and that leads people to be worried and afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deadly Meltdown | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...because of equipment malfunctions and human error. The loss of coolant caused the radioactive fuel to overheat and led to a partial meltdown. Some radioactive material escaped, but a potentially major disaster was averted. Although no one is known to have died as a result of the accident, the hazard posed to local residents is still being debated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perhaps the Worst, Not the First | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

stance, protesters erected mock shantytowns. When a fire marshal ordered the shanties demolished as a hazard, the battle was joined. As in the 1960s' protests, many of those arrested were not Berkeley students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berkeley: Seems Like Old Times | 4/14/1986 | See Source »

...death, the Soviets halted manned space flights for 18 months and extensively redesigned the Soyuz capsule. NASA was also cautious. It suspended manned flights for 21 months after the Apollo fire, a period of agonizing self-appraisal. Admitting that no one had realized the extent of the fire hazard in a capsule full of pure oxygen, NASA switched to cabin atmospheres that consisted of 60% oxygen and 40% nitrogen while the spacecraft was on the pad. The agency also developed a new type of hatch that could be opened in five seconds. As NASA workers last week searched for answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Was Not the First Time | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...score was tied at the start of the last event of the meet, the 400-yard relay. The poor acoustics of Dillon Pool amplified the deafening roar of the crammed in, fire-hazard crowd of 1100 Princeton fans--students, parents, and especially that God-awful band. The frenzy just seemed to build...

Author: By Ian R. Condry, | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

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