Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...having a remote-control method of adjusting a stuck valve. But human fallibility apparently was the more alarming shortcoming of what happened at Three Mile Island. Once the original on-site mistakes had been made, the blame spread to the NRC itself. Commission officials privately admit that they were slow to get an emergency crew with the necessary skill and authority to the scene of the disaster. Had the right men been there at the right time, three days before they finally did show up, they might have limited the damage and certainly would have reduced the meltdown risk. Astonishingly...
...best hope for the guidelines is that the economy will begin to slow from its unexpectedly extended boom, and there are signs that this is happening. After inflation, real personal income has declined at an annual rate of 6.3% so far this year. Retail sales, U.S.-made-auto sales and housing starts have also slowed...
...nature of Harvard's problems throughout the contest was apparent in the first inning. A walk, a stolen base, a slow infield single in the shortstop hole and a Burke St. John error on a doubleplay ball led to the Bears' first...
With three Crimson matches in the bag McAvoy sat on the sideline bemoaning the slow surface of Palmer Dixon's courts. "If this had been at Penn State it would have been a Close match," he said...
Court decisions like the Bakke case have made the task of implementing affirmative action more difficult, Steiner said. "But if you care, you won't let Bakke slow you down," he added...