Word: scarely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...troubled town of Times Beach copes with a dioxin scare...
...giant food-scare spreads through Harvard, as the sudden deaths of seven freshman are blamed on tainted Halibut Cheese Casserole in the Union. Seeking to quell the crisis, University officials announce the introduction of a new "Halibut-lock" on portions of the dish, and offer tuition discounts to those who brave it. But some officials privately speculate that the real culprits are Bulgarian terrorists. Asked about the crisis, Presidential candidate John Glenn, on a campaign swing through Cambridge, calls for "research and development, of course...
...years, the Army has spent about $50 million in an attempt to tidy up the area. An accelerated evaporation process has shrunk the murky green liquid in one lagoon from 200 million gal. to 55 million gal. The water, however, is still so polluted it occasionally kills birds. To scare them off, the Army in 1976 put flashing lights on barges and ringed the lake with Zong guns, which make siren and gunshot noises. It also built a giant barricade of bentonite slurry, 6,700 ft. long with a foundation 35 ft. deep, to help purify the water...
Given: Time is a scare resource for government managers...
...coast with a small army of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), FBI and U.S. Customs agents, backed by E-3A Sentry planes and Army Cobra helicopter gunships. While the traditional routes through the Florida Keys and Miami have not been totally abandoned by smugglers, the operation has clearly thrown a scare into the drug underworld. Last week President Reagan vividly reaffirmed White House support for the campaign with a cheerleading visit to South Florida. He reviewed an impressive array of confiscated drugs, weapons and cash and paid tribute to the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Dauntless, which received a presidential...