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...ruptured pipe or a poorly designed pressure vessel" could cause the release over an area of 60 to 70 miles ten times the radiation that an American atomic bomb caused in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, Kendall said...
...since the election of Valêry Giscard d'Estaing, and even quietly participating in some of the group's projects, it still refuses to join. Though far from ironclad, the agreement indicates that unity among the world's main oil consumers is more than a pipe dream...
Later, during a 70-minute pipe-puffing press conference, Clerides fielded questions in flawless English and turned vague on only one essential subject. Makarios, the constitutional President, was welcome back, but Clerides added that the archbishop's immediate return "would be very unwise under the present conditions." When Makarios does return, or perhaps even before, Clerides said, the presidency would be "a question for the people of Cyprus to decide." He promised a quick election to facilitate their decision...
...Shah five complete nuclear power plants (price: about $1.2 billion). The French also agreed to construct a subway in Teheran costing at least $600 million, a liquefied natural gas plant ($600 million), and a steel plant. They will construct twelve large tankers and help with a large-bore gas pipe line ($1.7 billion) and supply sophisticated military equipment. In return, the Shah has agreed to deposit $1 billion in the French central bank as an advance payment and increase Iran's shipments of oil to France. The advance payment will help the French narrow their trade deficit, which...
...Ancients used to say that the Emperor should concern himself with general principles, but need not deal with the smaller details," he wrote. K'ang-hsi dis agreed: "Failure to attend to details will end up endangering your greater vir tues." It is still excellent advice, for pipe fitters as well as Presidents with an imperial bent...