Word: shoreham
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More than 3,000 people showed up at a huge ballroom in the Omni Shoreham Hotel for a "Valentine's Book Party" for Hillary Clinton. There was no contribution required; in fact, nothing was asked other than that you wait an hour to park your car and check your coat, and forgo dinner and Thursday night Must-See TV (it was a Friends and Seinfeld kind of crowd: no one seemed much interested in the G.O.P. debate). Clinton gave a short talk and sold a huge stack of books...
...misery for more than two decades. Faced with an endless round of challenges, U.S. utilities have walked away from 120 nuclear plants since 1974 -- more than all the plants now in operation. In New York State, the Long Island Lighting Co. gave up on its completed $5.5 billion Shoreham nuclear facility in 1989 after local authorities refused to approve the firm's plans for an evacuation route for nearby residents in the event of a serious accident. The state now plans to buy the plant for a token $1 -- and to spend about $186 million to dismantle...