Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deplore this accident," Belonogov said. "It shows the seriousness of the situation and that all military personnel should be under strong instructions not to be too quick to pull the trigger...
Critics are quick to point out that no nuclear reactor, either water-cooled or gas-cooled, is totally safe as long as it produces radioactive waste. The U.S. alone has generated thousands of metric tons of "hot" debris, including enough spent fuel to cover a football field to a height of three feet. Said Sir Crispin Tickell, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations: "The fact that every year there is waste being produced that will take the next three ice ages and beyond to become harmless is something that has deeply impressed the imagination...
Prudent waste management would not be possible without the disciplined cooperation of the Japanese people. Before putting out their garbage, they religiously follow such requirements as separating bottles from cans and burnables like paper from nonburnables such as glass and hard plastic. People who want quick disposal of old refrigerators or TV sets need only make a phone call to the sanitation department for a special pickup. Observes Yumimaru Nakada, a senior official in Tokyo's public sanitation bureau: "Living in a crowded situation, the Japanese have come to learn that garbage recycling is no laughing matter...
...therapists insist that compulsive shopping can be as ruinous as gambling, disrupting families and plunging sufferers into debt. Many people enjoy the occasional spree, but shopaholics' lives are consumed by buying. Says psychologist Georgia Witkin of New York City, author of a recently published book on compulsive behavior, Quick Fixes & Small Comforts (Villard; $17.95): "The day shapes up around getting to stores...
...Toyota, points out GM in quick rebuttal, is not as comfortable as it says it is with the U.A.W., because when Toyota opened its own U.S. plant late last year, it avoided the union by choosing a site in Kentucky. Says Furuta, who works in Kentucky: "We need a free hand to choose people. Fifteen percent of our team members here have college degrees. That was true of only 1% in California...