Word: leaks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Corporation appointees would regularly leak material from confidential files to The Crimson, which would regularly publish them if they fell short of criminal libel. Critics of this practice would be pilloried as enemies of freedom of speech...
...currents in any electrical conductor-generally metallic objects-within about 200 ft. of the lines. In addition, the field ionizes the air (ordinarily a good insulator) surrounding the lines, turning it into a fairly good conductor of electricity. That allows some of the current in the lines to leak off, creating a blue glow around the wires. This happens especially at points where the lines have a flaw (a faulty section of wire, a minor scratch, a coating of soot or pollen) and in damp weather, when air becomes a better conductor. The result: high-tension experiences for everyone...
Chances of survival looked bleak. Their inflatable life raft had a slow leak. There was no radio or compass. The food supply consisted of only a few oranges and lemons, some fortified bread and glucose packed aboard the raft...
More important are things like the 63-year-old Leverett Dam. There are plans for a new dam, but the old one can't be changed because the Science Museum is on top of it. The dam lets sea water leak into the Charles Basin, where it settles to the bottom because it is denser than fresh water, slowing down the water's circulation and helping to stratify the Basin. "Eventually," Noss said, "there's a layer so dense that normal river current just flows over it and it's not freshened, so to speak, by the fresh water...
...White House said Tuesday that Nixon did in fact have such a conversation with Kleindienst, and also said that Cox's leak was proof of his partisanship...