Word: longer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...China Syndrome, a thriller that depicts nuclear plant officials as placing greed for profits far above their concern for public safety. But if the movie, starring real-life Antinuclear Activist Jane Fonda, is unfair in its villainous caricature of power-and construction-industry officials, its basic premise will no longer seem so farfetched to those moviegoers until now unattuned to the nation's debate over nuclear power. The premise: that a nuclear power plant is not nearly as accident-proof as its builders proclaim and that "the China Syndrome," a total meltdown that causes the core to sink lethally into...
Most of what is known about the dangers of radiation comes from studies of people exposed to extremely high levels, such as the survivors of the A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and patients who were massively dosed with X rays for ailments now no longer treated in this...
...serviceable Sears, Roebuck fishing boats that were used to chill the white wine and champagne. Washington's Ridgewells Caterer provided gold ballroom chairs, creamcolored china with gold borders, cutlery, glasses, fingerbowls and napkins. The main tent, gay as springtime with its tangerine and yellow stripes, was longer than the White House itself. It and six smaller tents were rented for about $12,000 from a Maryland company...
...managed to temper the egregious price demands being made by the hardliners, including the Iraqis, Iranians, Libyans and Algerians, who came to Geneva calling for increases of as much as 20% to 30%. But Yamani declared that his country's role as a "moderate" may not last much longer. Hurling a rhetorical threat at the oil-consuming countries at a press conference at the end of the OPEC meeting, Yamani said bluntly: "It is up to you now. Saudi Arabia can do nothing more for the West. Americans can do a lot, but unless they act, the world will...
Such spot checks by police are common practice. Last week, by a vote of 8 to 1. the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they are unconstitutional. No longer will police be able to stop a car at random to look at a driver's credentials unless the officer has some objective reason to suspect that the law has been broken. The case before the court involved a Delaware driver named William Prouse, 20, who was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana after his car was stopped during a "routine" license check in 1976. Police Officer Anthony Avena...