Word: seismicity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...YEARS AFTER HE DIScovered the problems with Millstone's cooling system, Galatis reported the matter to the NRC. He spoke to a "senior allegations coordinator," waited months, then refiled his charges in a letter describing 16 problems, including the cooling system, the pipes that couldn't withstand seismic shock, the corporate culture. "At Northeast, people are the biggest safety problem," Galatis says. "Not the guys in the engine room. The guys who drive the boat...
...notable as the program's success is the fact that two pro-lifers, the Bennetts, and two pro-choicers, the Powells, have found common ground at a time when any deviance from abortion orthodoxy creates seismic splits in the Republican Party. For his moderation--opposing a human-life amendment and distinguishing between early abortions and those post-viability, which he would restrict--Bennett has been labeled "pro-abortion" by Dr. James Dobson of the Focus on the Family. General Powell's revelation that he was pro-choice made him anathema to his party's right wing. In December, when Senator...
...countries first exchanged ambassadors. Relations never fully recovered from the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, and have been battered by tussles over human rights, weapons sales, nuclear proliferation, Tibet, copyright violations and China's failed bid to join the World Trade Organization, which the U.S. opposed. On May 22 came a seismic jolt: the Clinton Administration gave permission to Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to visit his American alma mater, Cornell University. China was stunned. The U.S. does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country, and the Chinese perceived the O.K. for Lee's visit as a step in that direction...
...industry convulsions could be seismic. Watch the Hollywood earth tremble! CAA clients like Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise feel orphaned, while rival agencies go all adrool, dreaming of talent raids. Or, as David Letterman--whom Ovitz sold to CBS as the $42 million late-night man--says, "Oh, my God, it's the end of show business!" He's probably joking...
...moment, most ordinary blacks seem content to wait, to simply appreciate a government that after all these years represents them. They do not expect BMWs in the driveways tomorrow. But they will not wait forever. Houses must be built. Jobs must be created. Land-the seismic fault running through South African history-must be redistributed. If black discontent rises, there is little doubt that the middle-of-the-road government will swerve to the left, not the right...