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...night of Dec. 2-3, 1984, Bhopal suffered one of the worst industrial accidents of modern times. On the edge of town stood a seven-hectare pesticide plant owned by the U.S. company Union Carbide. Around midnight, water passed through a safety valve that had been deactivated and poured into a 13-meter steel tank of methyl isocyanate (MIC). The water caused a superheated reaction, turning the MIC into a deadly gas; the tank ruptured, breaking clean through its concrete housing; and 27 tons of MIC was released into the gentle southerly breeze that made kite-flying Bhopal's favorite...
MAJOR PROJECTS: The controversial Three Gorges Dam will be the biggest power plant in the world when it is completed in 2009. Another major hydroelectric project, the Longtan hydropower station on the Pearl River, is scheduled for completion...
...according to Schindel, whether he’d even get that chance this season was up in the air as recently as training camp. Though he’d recovered from a broken plant leg as a high school sophomore and built up his strength, the first week of pre-season drills saw him locked in a battle with one of his classmates for first-string time...
...money by shipping all his production overseas. He has increased his domestic payroll by 65% since 1995, adding some 500 blue collar jobs, but the percentage of New Balance shoes assembled in the U.S. has fallen by half as Davis has ramped up production in Asia and at a plant in England to keep up with sales...
...same time, New Balance has proved that it's possible to manufacture in the U.S. and compete. The company's plant in Brighton, Mass., for instance, features robotics and a high-tech molding process that can produce an outsole in 12 seconds--allowing New Balance to make a sneaker from scratch and fill orders rapidly as they come in. Another advantage Davis sees: better relationships with retailers. New Balance's domestic factories play a key role in filling special orders for hard-to-find sizes and widths and give the company more flexibility to help out independent retailers--a lucrative...