Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reenter the atmosphere immediately after 10 years of continuous output. The report read: "although not specifically calculated, the number of fatalities for reentry at time of shutdown or during operation would be 30,000-50,000." Translated from military-industrial- speak, this means that if the worst case scenario occurs, 30-50,000 people would be killed worldwide...
AFTERGOOD naturally was curious about how likely the worst-case scenario was. He asked to see a different study, which would have answered his question but again was turned down. The DOE wrote back that release of this information "could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national security." The DOE now has more detailed safety assessments, but these too are being withheld...
French novelist Loup Durand fills out this scenario with the graceless prose that marks other classics of the genre, including John Buchan's The Thirty- nine Steps, Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal and almost everything written by Ian Fleming. The boy's doomed mother Maria is not merely an eyeful, she has a "passion for beautiful things and more than enough money to indulge it . . . Coco Chanel suits, tea roses, the best restaurants, jazz, and driving her Bugatti at a reckless speed...
Though vehemently denied, the scenario is a likely one, since Cavazos agrees with most of Bush's views on education, which include support for a strong Education Department (Reagan wanted to abolish it) and an active role for the Federal Government. Regarded as a low-key consensus builder, the new Secretary is a stylistic counterpoint to his pugnacious predecessor...
...investment firm may also be contemplating major changes in its executive suites. Drexel officials have approached former Senator and White House chief of staff Howard Baker with the idea that he become Drexel's chairman. According to one rumored scenario, Baker would take over after both Milken and Drexel chief executive Fred Joseph stepped aside...