Word: smokestack
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...town of Oak Park, Ill., blocked a private Catholic hospital from erecting a cross on its own smokestack because, councilors say, some local residents would be offended...
...ridiculously easy to make; even a chemical used in ink for ball-point pens can readily be treated to form mustard gas. Verification proposals include "black box" sensors installed at chemical plants to analyze randomly what is being produced; another idea is to aim laser infrared radars at smokestack plumes. While such techniques would not be perfect, says a U.S. official, "chemical weapons are so difficult to control that any slowing down of the train is valuable." The same could be said of nukes. Although it has prevented diversion of materials from peaceful uses, the IAEA hasn't solved...
...after a few hours, and there is a break of at least a few more hours before another inversion occurs. As the air grows more polluted, however, environmentalists fear the creation of a lethal inversion that remains fixed for days -- like the one that killed 20 people in the smokestack town of Donora, Pa., in 1948 or the killer fog that claimed the lives of 4,000 people in London in 1952. Even with the closure of the Azcapotzalco refinery, both Mexico's government and its industry will have to work harder at controlling pollution for years to come before...
...decline. To shore up family income, wives have flooded into the labor market, but their earning power is low. In 1988 the average family income was only 6% higher than in 1973, though almost twice as many wives were at work. In many households, one well-paid smokestack job with health insurance has been replaced by two service jobs without benefits. Burger King doesn't provide as well as Bethlehem Steel...
...plan. They contend that the trip is hazardous and that the new $240 million incinerator on Johnston Island may not be ready to handle the disposal task safely. Hawaii Democratic Governor John Waihee argues that the Johnston plant should first complete a 16-month test period. Other critics fear smokestack emissions will contaminate the ocean food chain...