Word: protectant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last week's near disaster demonstrated, it is up to man to protect himself not only against the mindless obedience of the machines he has created but also against the capricious disobedience of the energy that he has enslaved. Most Americans were shocked by the number of airports, subways, commuter trains, hospitals and highways that lack auxiliary power systems. Without such elementary precautions, another massive blackout, say in midwinter, could prove far more calamitous than "a hell of a flick." As it was, for most of those who slogged through it, memories...
...reasons given for having sign-outs are that they protect students, that they enable them to be contacted in case of an emergency, and that they discourage irregular hours. Estimated sign-outs do not fulfill any of these conditions...
...trying to develop a program that will protect each experimenter from the other's mistakes," he said. "In the past one man could disrupt the computer's memory banks and ruin two or three other experiments...
Cambridge relies on circuit breakers elsewhere in the grid to protect it from a major power drain. Atkinson explained. "There could be more regulatory devices but they'd have to be planned for the whole system," he added...
Under Gelsthorpe, 44, Ocean Spray is making grants to agricultural schools to find new strains of cranberries, also supporting medical research to study the berries' beneficial effects. Its cranberry growers, who in the fall must frequently flood their bogs to protect the delicate plants from frost, now use picking machines that take the place of 20 men working with the oldtime hand scoops. Ocean Spray has also turned to exports, now ships its products to 27 nations. Gelsthorpe is concentrating initially on Britain, hoping to show Britons what their ancestors missed by not emigrating with the Pilgrims...