Word: lock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pedestrians, bicyclists and roller skaters on the streets of New York City. They sloshed to work in the morning through ankle-deep puddles and returned home that evening in a tropical downpour. Cars and school buses clogged the streets. At one point, police in Manhattan narrowly averted a "grid lock," the ultimate traffic jam, in which no motor vehicle can move in any direction. An angry bicyclist bit a policeman; an upset motorist tried to run down a policewoman. It was the ninth day of the transit strike, and the élan that New Yorkers had shown in the first...
...presented a plan for four black-bag jobs, OPALS I through IV. They were clandestine entries at which microphone surveillances could be placed, as well as TOPAZ: photographs taken of any documents available, including those under lock. One entry would be held in reserve for any target of opportunity Mitchell wished to designate...
...Reserve squeezed up interest rates last October. That is because whenever the cost of money climbs, bonds that had earlier sold at lower rates suddenly become less valuable than newer offerings that pay higher returns. But even those new bond offerings do not sell well. People are afraid to lock themselves into long-term fixed-income bonds; they figure that inflation will send interest rates still higher, and so they prefer to put their money into quick-in, quick-out investments that offer shorter terms or flexible yields. Bond yields may seem steep today, but if inflation keeps on roaring...
...Right after the accident, the radiation level there was a searing 30,000 rems per hour. It has since dropped to a merely dangerous 200 rems just above the surface of the water. Covered from head to toe in radiation-resistant protective clothing, three engineers entered an air lock, though not the containment building itself, and during the course of a 20-min. stay took radiation readings that will help determine how soon technicians can get in and see the damaged reactor. "It's a long, slow process," admitted Met-Ed Vice President Robert Arnold. "We haven...
...waiting attorney, William Kutmus, approached the judge and suggested that perhaps his client, Loren R. Wilson, might be of some assistance. Wilson borrowed a paper clip and a pipe wrench, lined up the tumblers in the lock and in three seconds popped the door open...