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...accident waiting to happen. Part of the favela had been built illegally on private land near a gasoline pipeline owned by the state oil monopoly, Petrobrás. The day before the fire, Petrobrás had ordered the wrong pipeline to be opened, causing a leak in the pipeline that ran next to Vila SocÓ. Investigators contend that Petrobrás failed to monitor a pressure buildup on the line and stop the leak. At the time of the explosion, shortly after midnight, gasoline had spread throughout many ditches of the shantytown, creating a liquid bomb that awaited...
Shoreham has been dogged by mismanagement, construction foul-ups and community opposition, among other obstacles. Last year, as the utility was battling for approval of evacuation plans to be used in the event of a major radiation leak, the plant's diesel generators were found to be defective. Back-up generators are now being installed at a cost of $100 million, while the malfunctioning ones are being repaired and tested...
...Buildings and Grounds official who refused to be identified labeled the flooding a "typical snow leak in Canaday," adding that Canaday's pitched roofs and flat sections around gutters commonly create large snow accumulations...
Reagan's extreme reliance on his staff leaves him badly exposed when they muff their jobs. Last fall Administration officials quietly confirmed that then Middle East Envoy Robert McFarlane favored stepped-up U.S. military action in Lebanon. Clark, overreacting to the leak, drafted an Executive Order mandating polygraph exams to track down the source. The order could have subjected most of Reagan's top associates to lie-detector tests. At least one Cabinet resignation was threatened. "It was a black day around here," says a White House aide. Administration "pragmatists" intervened to get the foolish scheme canceled. Reagan...
Kirkland residents endured a steady drip of water in their dining hall yesterday, caused by a leak traced to the pipes below a second-floor room. But the resident of the room, Douglas Mason, a Kirkland tutor, said plumbers had not yet determined whether the water was coming from a leak in shower caulking, a decrepit pipe, or a clogged drainage system...