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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exact figure of those killed by the accident is not yet known, but their number is measured by hundreds and hundreds," a television correspondent said on the nightly news. He said the death toll was high because burning liquified gas from the pipeline spewed into the railroad cars...
...most recent serious train accident in the Soviet Union, two freight trains, one laden with propane, collided May 20 in the capital of Soviet Kazakhstan. An ensuing explosion and fire killed five people, and destroyed factories and 13 houses. Since the Arzamas accident, the Soviet press has published a number of articles complaining about lax railway safety...
MATINA S. HORNER (1972-1989)--The Harvard and Radcliffe admissions offices are combined, adopting an equal access admissions policy. Admissions standards for men and women are the same, and the number of women is no longer limited. In 1977, Horner and Harvard President Derek C. Bok sign the "nonmerger merger" agreement...
Critics of cable have attacked the present industry arrangements on several fronts in Washington. The measures include a bill introduced last month by Ohio Democrat Howard Metzenbaum, chairman of the Senate antitrust subcommittee, that would limit the number of subscribers that any system operator could control to 25% of the total U.S. cable audience. The FCC, meanwhile, is preparing a report on the impact of cable deregulation that is due out next year. In a separate action, the agency has begun reviewing a rule that bars broadcast networks from owning cable systems. The networks already have interests in cable channels...
...industry-wide ferment is certain to continue, however, as hundreds of small cable operators merge into regional units or sell out to the giants. Ultimately, the number of systems could dwindle to a handful. "The same thing happened in the movie industry 50 years ago," says Robert Thomson, Tele- Communications' vice president for government relations. "They once had many more studios." With that prospect in mind, the major cable companies are scrambling today to make sure they do not wind up on the cutting-room floor tomorrow...