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...President of the United States offered his vision of a safer world, and the General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Communist Party did not believe a word of it. As the two superpower leaders sat across from each other last week at the bargaining table in an elegant salon in Geneva, Ronald Reagan implored Mikhail Gorbachev to join him in his dream of "rendering nuclear weapons obsolete" with a space-based missile defense system. Coldly fixing Reagan in his gaze, Gorbachev would have none of it. "It's not convincing. It's emotional. It's a dream...
...many of the nation's plants and squeeze more juice from them. Nuclear power now supplies about 20% of total electricity in the U.S., up from just 4.5% in 1973. At the same time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given preliminary approval for three new modular, supposedly safer reactors, while simplifying the byzantine new-plant approval process. Three nuclear-generating companies have already started the process, and half the current reactors in the U.S. are applying for renewals of their soon-to-expire 40-year licenses...
...have to waste time creating a spoken tag for everyone you want to call; the phone figures out how the names in your phone book are pronounced. Well, it does that most of the time, anyway. The feature makes dialing a lot easier, and - on the road - a lot safer...
...during emergency evacuations [May 16]. As a world traveler, I always try to figure out, in an unknown environment, how to save my skin in case of a crisis. Consider, for example, how many public buildings have their emergency exits locked with chains. I also have an idea for safer airline travel. At present, airlines check to see whether the passengers sitting in the exit rows understand that they may have to open the door and help other passengers if there is an emergency evacuation. The airlines should also organize, for frequent flyers who volunteer to take them, training courses...
Carpenter and her team found that cigarettes were designed in long, thin styles to create feminine appeal. The industry exploited the common misconception that these products were safer than regular cigarettes—one reason women tend to choose the slim styles. These cigarettes also matched female taste preferences, with a mild flavor and easy smoke draw...