Word: nuclearã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sometimes said by nuclear??s opponents that the “nuclear waste” problem makes nuclear energy dangerous even today, but this is simply untrue. There is no “nuclear-waste problem.” “Nuclear waste” is an ideological bogeyman, a catch-all phrase used to justify technical rejection of nuclear energy on grounds that are, in fact, purely political. As far as the technology goes, the United States Navy, France, Japan, and others have been safely storing and reprocessing nuclear waste for over half a century...
Whenever we hear the word “nuclear,” we think of a tremendous mushroom cloud in a gloomy sky, followed by images of a desolate, uninhabitable, and barren land. For many of us, “nuclear?? translates directly into “nuclear weapons.” We should not, however write off “nuclear?? so easily, as the same technology used in such devastating weapons offers much potential for positive growth in the energy sector. President Obama acknowledged this possibility when he announced Tuesday that the Energy Department...
...question poses itself: Do the Democrats take a page from the Republican playbook and threaten to “go nuclear?? (as the Republicans threatened in 2005 out of frustration at Democratic cloture holds on conservative judicial nominees...
...like, “Awesome speech” to the Pope, and calls the Italian Prime Minister “Amigo,” we will have a president who draws crowds of thousands to hear him deliver coherent speeches in which he pronounces the word “nuclear?? as God intended it to be pronounced. But before we mope from used bookstore to used bookstore, picking up dog-eared copies of “Bushisms: Volume Eight” and trying to relive old times, let’s take comfort. Sure...
After the 2000 elections, Democrats around the country found themselves at a loss for words. The unthinkable had happened and George W. Bush—so inept he can’t even pronounce the word “nuclear??—was moving into the White House. And for the loser of that election? It seems Al Gore ’69 consoled himself with donuts and grew a beard any aspiring Mountain Man would be proud to bear...