Word: mishap
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...melting coke are fully burned. A butane torch may be used, although a lighter or plain matches will do, to apply steady heat on the pipe's bowl and vaporize the free-base. (Accidents, not surprisingly, are common. Comedian Richard Pryor nearly died in 1980 in a mishap at the end of a free-basing binge: his rum spilled, ignited and set his clothes on fire...
...that thoroughly clouded the future of nuclear power, the psychological impact lingers. For some residents it may never end, despite assurances that the radiation leaks were minor. Notes Robert Holt, a New York University psychologist who has pored over all the studies made of the emotional consequences of the mishap: "Significant portions of the population were emotionally shocked by the accident, believe that they have been or will be harmed by radiation, and feel threatened by Three Mile Island...
...towing incident at Currier is not Freeman's firs mishap on the job. Once, he recalls, his battery dies in front of Lamont. The substitute at the garage drove over a new bus while passengers waited or walked home in the rain. And one snowy January night. Freeman skidded and smashed the bus into a parked car. But there were no problems. "Harvard's insured up to the teeth with these things," he says, patting the dashboard...
With his newfound skill, Rittenburg returned to Cambridge determined to devote II his time to training for the pentathlon and decathlon. Unfortunately, on the second day of practice he injured his knee, and before he had fully recovered from that mishap, he developed a disc problem in his back. Despite these setbacks, he continued to work out when he could...
...mishap became a tragedy when the refugees-- kicked out of their adopted country-- were told by their homeland that they were not welcome. The military government of Ghana-- which had sealed its borders to prevent smuggling-- refused at first to readmit the sudden influx of its own citizens. Ghana eventually did relent, setting up "transit camps" to record the masses. But the exodus is still a painful one, as many refugees are starving, and at least one person has already died...