Word: limericks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Polsky: "Just like all things in the world, Mike, my quotes have their time and place. One can't afford to be distracted by a Chaucer limerick or by a Byron verse when match point comes around. In a nutshell, Mike, let's leave those quotes for the tank...
Originally hailing from Limerick, Ireland, the Sullivans have lived for decades in Cambridge's Putnam Square, where the family's father initially owned a horse-and-wagon business. "The Sullivans are not a political dynasty--they are visible and respected, but they have not forgotten where they came from," Noonan says...
...part, the Catholic Church officially remained relatively low-keyed during the referendum campaign. But when the going got tough, so did some of the clergy. "God says no to divorce," pronounced Bishop Jeremiah Newman of Limerick...
...able to evacuate people living near nuclear plants, quickly moving them out of the path of any radioactive releases. Soviet officials had to clear out four communities with very little warning. It is hard to imagine how people living around some American nuclear facilities, including Indian Point, Zion and Limerick, which are located near the major population centers of New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia respectively, could be quickly evacuated...
...plan to convert the 810-MW facility, 97% finished at a cost of $1.7 billion, into a coal-burning installation. A fourth shock to the gasping industry came when a Pennsylvania public utilities commission led overextended Philadelphia Electric to halt construction for 18 months on one of its two Limerick reactors, where $3 billion has already been spent...