Word: monitoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gasoline pipeline owned by the state oil monopoly, Petrobrás. The day before the fire, Petrobrás had ordered the wrong pipeline to be opened, causing a leak in the pipeline that ran next to Vila SocÓ. Investigators contend that Petrobrás failed to monitor a pressure buildup on the line and stop the leak. At the time of the explosion, shortly after midnight, gasoline had spread throughout many ditches of the shantytown, creating a liquid bomb that awaited only ignition. Petrobrás admitted human error in the accident and has agreed to pay hospital...
...blaze of turbulent magnetic storms, characterized by an increase in sunspots and fiery explosions known as solar flares. In February 1980, on the eve of one such outburst, NASA launched an instrument-packed scientific satellite called the Solar Maximum Mission. Nicknamed Solar Max, the spacecraft was to photograph and monitor the sun's activity, which even at a distance of 93 million miles can disrupt global communications and power transmissions, influence weather and endanger space voyagers...
...order to prepare American and Soviet leaders for an emergency the study group's major recommendations is the establishment of a nuclear crisis control center where both Soviet and American military officers would monitor potential crisis situations to avoid a military confrontation...
...Spinnaker, a leading software publisher, "it is simply the most expensive machine on the market." Although the Macintosh was actually aimed to compete with the bigger IBM PC, the price difference between Mac and the Peanut shrinks to about $300 when the costs of IBM's color monitor, joystick and software programs are added...
...Namibian settlement. Meanwhile, in meetings on the Cape Verde Islands, Wisner won agreement from Angola that in return it would restrain further SWAPO attacks. As the disengagement went into effect in February, a team of U.S. observers was sent to the Namibian capital of Windhoek to monitor the progress. So far, the cease-fire seems to be holding...