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...radioactive substances routinely emitted from these nuclear reactors, all of which are ecologically dangerous and some of which, such as strontium-90 and cesium-131, will be a disposal problem for 600 to 1000 years. The most deadly emission, of course, is plutonium. Its lethality is such that one-millionth of a gram is sufficient to cause lung cancer--and a large reactor annually produces 400 pounds. Once produced it must be stored safely for 250,000 to 500,000 years...
TEXAS. Six Flags Over Texas, a 20-min. drive from the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, was founded in 1961 as the first regional theme park celebrating local history. It has been expanding ever since, will welcome its 30 millionth visitor this week, and is big on thrill rides, puppet-people-picture shows, musical revues and top-name concerts. From Dallas (an amusement park in itself), visitors can go on to Houston's Astroworld, which specializes in thrill rides...
...mild attempt to defend his comrades' failure to take a clear stand on human rights, Carrillo drew an analogy with his own 37 years in exile when "not one-millionth of the voices that are now raised to defend the dissidents of the East raised themselves [to defend] not only my rights but the rights of this country." Nonetheless, he added emotionally, "We do not hesitate in condemning with all our energy violations [of liberty and democracy] wherever they may occur, even when those responsible belong to parties that affirm socialist ideals. In the systems of socialist countries, what...
...struggles by women and oppressed nationalities (Afro-American, Chicano, Asian-American, Native American, Puerto Rican) for democratic rights in the 1960s reconfirmed for the millionth time the truism that it is the masses in motion who make history. Unable to be constrained, these dynamic mass movements pressed forward, insisting that the U.S. government accede to their demands for justice and equality...
...have also managed to provoke some outspoken enemies." In the forefront are the credulous victims of Gardner's recent hoaxes: an elaborate treatise that demonstrated the power of pyramid-shaped structures to preserve life and sharpen razor blades, and "proof by a fictional Dr. Matrix that the millionth digit of π-if it were ever computed, would be the number 5. Even angrier are those occultivated believers in extrasensory perception and faith healing. From the beginning of his career, Gardner has been illuminating the dark corners of paranormal science to reveal a phalanx of sleight of handworkers and mail...