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...that slogan is the measure of what it will take to stop nuclear power--a death, and since nuclear catastrophes are by nature all or nothing experiences, many deaths. Sooner or later, eastern Nevada, or central Mississippi, or even southern Massachusetts, will watch a valve fail and a core melt down. A lot of people will evacuate, but a lot will be stuck in traffic or be too stubborn to leave. And a lot will die, and everyone will vote for congressmen who promise to take firm action to close down nuclear plants. And Time and Newsweek will sell...
...from city government should the referendum pass. Cambridge taxes about 5 per cent of assessed values of city property--hence it will have to cut its collections in half. To lessen the shock, "2 1/2" proponents beneficently allow for a gradual phase-in--the city will only have to melt away 15 per cent of its fiscal cellulite a year until it reaches the magic level. So figure inflation prances along at 10 per cent next year; coupled with a 15 per cent reduction in city revenues that means about a 25 per cent budget cut for Cambridge...
Cults rob members of their free-will, Singer said, adding that cult leaders instruct recruits not to fight indoctrination by repeatedly telling new members to "melt, bliss-out and reach mindlessness...
...atmosphere of carbon dioxide and water vapor would trap solar heat, create a "greenhouse effect" and raise surface temperatures far above those of the earth. His prediction was soon confirmed by Soviet landers. The planet's surface temperature proved to be about 480° C (900° F), high enough to melt lead...
...particle beams (CPBs). Instead of photons, which have no mass, CPB devices shoot bursts of relatively weighty subatomic bullets, such as electrons (particles carrying a negative electric charge) or protons (which have a positive charge) that have been accelerated to nearly the speed of light. These bursts do not melt the surface of a target as lasers do, but slice right through...