Word: nearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...riveting days, the nation-and the world-watched a gas bubble build up in a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pa., and threaten to cause a hydrogen gas explosion that would spew radiation into the atmosphere. When the bubble finally disappeared and the danger subsided, deep relief was mingled with grave concern about the nuclear future...
...testing food, milk and river and drinking water in the vicinity of the site. No hazardous increase in radioactivity had shown up. For years to come, however, HEW will monitor the health of persons in the area. Asked what they would tell a family with small children living near the site, the witnesses were cautiously optimistic. Barring some "unforeseen difficulty," said Dr. Arthur Upton of the National Cancer Institute, "it is perfectly all right to keep the population in place." Can expectant mothers in the area drink milk? Said FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy...
Although several students said yesterday they believed exemption from the lottery because of a need to be near athletic facilities should be available, most said they did not support exemption on the basis of social reputation or status...
Amin and remnants of his forces were last seen Tuesday fleeing eastward toward Jinja, 50 miles away, in a convoy of limousines. Some reports said he had gone to Tototo, near the Kenyan border...
Nahigian had praise for his defense, which played errorless ball for the second straight game. "We're getting more consistent," he said. "It will be a big plus if they can continue to do this." Nahigian's teams were traditionally near the top in the nation in this category when he coached at Providence, and it appears that his method will be successful at Harvard as well...