Word: materiallize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The sheer amount of electioneering material, subtle and not so subtle, is striking. First, a postcard (sent first class) from A. Bronson Thayer, President of Alumni Association, alerting us to the pending arrival of the ballots and urging a large turnout. Has this ever been done before? (I recall no...
The specimens were first taken to the Nova Scotia Museum. Grantham, who said he embodies "the entire geological staff" of the museum, did not apply for a permit required to export "cultural" material. He said he had not known one was required.
March 22, 1975. A worker using a lighted candle to check for air leaks at Browns Ferry reactor near Decatur, Ala., touched off a fire that damaged electrical cables connected to safety systems and allowed the reactor's cooling water to drop to dangerous levels. No radioactive material escaped into...
March 28, 1979. In the biggest U.S. mishap, one of two reactors at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pa., lost its coolant because of equipment malfunctions and human error. The loss of coolant caused the radioactive fuel to overheat and led to a partial meltdown. Some radioactive material escaped, but...
Jan. 4, 1986. One worker at the Kerr-McGee Corp. uranium-processing plant in Gore, Okla., died from exposure to a caustic chemical that formed when an improperly heated, overfilled container of nuclear material burst. Some radiation flowed out of the plant, sending more than 100 people to local hospitals...