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...factory, a rehabilitated brick mill in Lawrence, Mass., that he bought in 1978. Reason: tailored menswear is the type of clothing Lauren knows best. By making those garments himself he can collect a larger profit margin and keep an even closer watch on quality. At the Polo plant, some 225 workers turn out 350 jackets and suits a day. Lauren's best Italian-wool suits ($1,200) are handmade by 25 highly skilled tailors, usually immigrants from Italy, Turkey or West Germany...
...language was thick and bureaucratic, but there it was in black and white. In an official report to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Soviet Union admitted that the men and women operating the Chernobyl atomic- power power plant were responsible for the worst nuclear-reactor accident in history. Said Andronik M. Petrosyants, chairman of the Soviet Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy: "The accident took place as a result of a whole series of gross violations of operating regulations by the workers...
...people who were in or near the plant at the time of the accident have died, and that number only begins to state the extent of the health damage. Using data from the report on the levels of human contamination, American experts conclude that a total of more than 5,000 people are likely to die prematurely from radiation-induced cancer. There will be 10,000 cases of thyroid cancer alone, the experts predict, resulting in 1,500 deaths. Though there is still concern about contamination in other European countries, the information indicates that all the premature deaths will...
...region surrounding the plant will continue to be dangerous for years to come, the report says, with radiation levels as much as 2,500 times normal. Officials at last week's news conference said that 135,000 people have been evacuated from an area of more than 300 sq. mi. around the plant. Previous / estimates were 100,000. The evacuees will eventually be housed in 52 villages, most of them in the Makarov district, west of Kiev. More than 2,000 new homes have been occupied, and 5,000 more are planned. The houses are being donated to the people...
...cloud of deadly methyl isocyanate gas poured out of the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killing more than 2,000 people. Since then, Carbide officials have offered allegations that the world's worst industrial accident may have been the result of a deliberate act. Last week the company went further, declaring that their pretrial investigation was focused on a disgruntled employee. According to an earlier report in the London Times, the employee, an Indian citizen, might have been trying to spoil a batch of the chemical after a row with his supervisor...