Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...workers soaked up potentially lethal doses of radiation, still more leaked from the plant in Tokaimura, the hub of the Japanese nuclear power industry. Eventually, more than 300,000 people in Tokaimura and eight nearby towns were bunkered in their homes, waiting to find out how badly they were affected. Meanwhile, 28 million people in metropolitan Tokyo, downwind of the accident, wondered about their fate. As the hours ticked by, a plodding government dithered and displayed once again its inability to come to grips with a huge nuclear power industry riddled with safety flaws...
...Wonder Years." Of course, the issues at stake are more perverse. "They say a man who screws a woman honors her," we hear after Paul rebuffs her advances. Later, she observes, "Women are the victims men need for atonement" and "Love is dumb--it's just a power trip." Perhaps Breillat wanted to instill some intellectual momentum by exposing us to Marie's inner musings. The voiceovers awkwardly drive the slow, slow scenes. Ducey's throaty voice (amplified by French gutturals) can be irritating as she incessantly harps about her appetite for sensual stimulation. Sometimes she should just shut...
...successful investor with a lucky streak, Loeb moved his company, Carl M. Loeb and Co.--which later became Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc.--out of Cuba the day before Fidel Castro grabbed power...
Lamont's third-floor reading room was renovated this summer, and posters there brag about the power outlets at every study space. And there's space to add roaming ethernet sometime soon...
...although the power suits and slicked hair are noticeably absent, those who apply for the two-year commitment will find that competition for the Corps is fierce...