Word: mishaps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barely five minutes after the mishap that felled D'Souza, Joslin completed her second hat trick in the last three games with a blast by backup goaltender Suzanne walker--who had come in at the beginning of the third period--after which Sasner and Neilson mercifully finished off the scoring...
...radioactive isotope used in cancer-therapy equipment. The scrap collector found the casing a month ago in a spot where a radiotherapy clinic had once stood. Though months may pass before the final toll is known, the Goiania episode promises to be that rare nightmare, a radiation mishap that kills several people. The worst of these was last year's explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, which Soviet authorities acknowledge has claimed 31 lives...
...mishap, which killed eight people, three of them foreign tourists, and seriously injured six, was no natural disaster. The boulder was being moved by a state road worker when it suddenly plummeted out of control...
...lethal new twist to Washington's showdown with Iran. The explosives were the first to be found in the Gulf of Oman, a vital staging area for ships plying the Persian Gulf. Although the U.S.-escorted Bridgeton struck what appeared to be an Iranian mine last month, that mishap occurred hundreds of miles inside the Persian Gulf. One result of the new danger was a change of heart by Britain and France, which decided to rush minesweepers to the region after...
...nearby Air Force jet. The tape revealed that the pilots had discussed the possibility of not notifying aviation authorities about the incident. One pilot reportedly said, "Nobody knows about it except us, you idiots!" But the pilots ultimately decided that they had to notify authorities of the mishap. Meanwhile, a crew member moved discreetly around the Continental cabin, seeking to soothe passengers who had noticed the near disaster. "He told me they were aware of it in the cockpit," said Meacham, "but asked that I keep it their little secret" to avoid upsetting other passengers...