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According to Sich, the radioactive material in the core eventually burned its way through a six-foot radiation shield, melted the floor and quickly spread out over the floors of the lower level of the plant...
...most difficult part about telling the story of a community is that all too often, a paper must print the ugly stories, the stories concealed by secretive administrators, or hidden by the shield of privacy...
Oddly, this rationale appears to have largely escaped notice by the Administration players most responsible for promulgating the partnership. When asked about the Central European argument that NATO membership is more important for internal stability than as a military shield against Russia, a senior Administration official responded, "It's pretty compelling stuff when you think about it. I guess we've just been too fixated on Russia to have given enough thought to this aspect...
...reporter--and particularly a sports reporter--I run into this situation nearly every day. Harvard Athletics employs only three slick-talking professional spin doctors, and uses them to shield only the senior athletic department officials, so all the coaches and athletes are on their...
There are hundreds of news groups (once again, a better name may be bulletin boards) on the Usenet. As many groups deal with such sensitive issues as free speech, legalization of marijuana and human (as well as non-human) sexual behavior, many UNIX system administrators feel obliged to shield their users from these potential hot spots...