Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used by Union Carbide as an ingredient in producing relatively toxic pesticides known as Sevin and Temik. At the Bhopal facility it was stored in three double-walled, stainless steel tanks, buried mostly underground to limit leakage in the event of an accident and to help shield them from air temperatures that could soar to 120° F in summer. Refrigerated to keep the highly volatile gas in its liquid form, the tanks were also equipped with thermostats, valves and other devices to warn when the temperature of the chemical exceeded 100° F, the point at which the liquid turns into...
...small nation. But for our entire history Prague has been the shield and symbol of Czechoslovakia. Outsiders have always tried to bring Prague down with military force. We have always resisted. That is why we love Prague, in addition to its beauty. Besides, it is prettier than New York...
...question of reimbursement of hospitals for costly procedures is dealt with differently in many states, and while there are some national guidelines for such underwriters as Blue Cross-Blue Shield, there remains a gray area between "established," or reimbursable procedures, and those which are still "experimental" and therefore not funded by insurance. Fineberg has proposed that procedures such as heart and liver transplants, which today fall somewhere between the two traditional categories, be given a label of their own--he calls it "investigational." Whether or not and to what degree these oprations would be underwritten, and how they would receive...
...Star Wars program has a certain appealing plausibility: defense is better than offense, safety behind a shield in the sky is better than the "balance of terror." Technological feasibility aside, however, the opponents of Star Wars seem to have the better case. The prospect of one side more or less safe while the other side is open to attack is untenable in the nuclear age. Moreover, in the absence of a new bargain with the Soviets, such a situation is bound to be relatively short-lived. Sooner or later the Soviets can catch up with American technology, the most notable...
...more to this Los Angeles attorney than vivid packaging. By adroitly combining showy tactics and solid scholarship, Allred over the past ten years has become one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes. Declares Allred: "The law should be a sword and shield against the wrongs that women are forced to suffer...