Word: processing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think the FAA will have to prepare an EIS," Marchi said, adding "Since this has never been done about airport flight procedures before, it will set a precedent in a way." Marchi also said preparation of the assessment would be a year-long, "dragged-out" process...
Such military planning, however, would become far less urgent if the peace process on which Carter has risked so much of his personal prestige eventually led to a comprehensive Middle East settlement. That may be a dream requiring years to fulfill, but a reconciliation between Israel and Egypt is almost certainly the first big step. In those terms, Carter's "extra mile" does not seem an unworthy gamble...
...done pioneering work with plutonium, testified that Silkwood's lungs had contained almost twice as much of the dangerous metal as the amount that can induce cancer. "Anyone exposed to that amount of plutonium is married to lung cancer," he said. "It is then an inevitable process...
...industry, increasingly embroiled in controversy over its handling of radioactive materials, is watching the suit closely. If the judge and jury accept the claims of the company's liability made by the Silkwood lawyers, the case could force the industry to make drastic and costly revisions in its process of producing the highly radioactive metal that is used in breeder reactors...
...succeeding generations of writers, including Bernard Malamud, Irwin Shaw, Mark Harris and Philip Roth. The reason seems clear. Baseball is the most solitary of team endeavors. Nobody blocks for the batter or sets picks for the pitcher. A double-play combination may radiate exquisite timing and cooperation, but the process of getting two runners out is still linear, a matter of performing one delicate, discrete act after another. Small wonder that writers, sitting alone and laboriously putting words to gether, respond sympathetically to both putouts and errors. In writing and base ball, the risk of embarrassment is high...