Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
Patty Seo: 34-14, Dallas. "Last year, I bet $40 on Buffalo and they let me down. I also feel confident they'll cover the spread...
Their rooms were damaged as firefighters brokethrough walls, attempting to assess if the firehad spread into the baseboard of the structure,Bossert said...
...Another Vietnam" is such a catchy phrase; it carries the onus of one of the greatest tragedies in this country's history. Yet, for all that momentousness, it is a phrase ill-suited to the kinds of conflicts in which the United States chooses to intercede. Fear of the spread of Communism and a tip in the world's balance of power triggered American involvement in Vietnam. These days, Communism doesn't pose such a daunting threat to the world...
MacKinnon felt more than insulted. She felt . . . well, raped. "He had me where he wanted me," she told TIME last week. "He wants me as a violated woman with her legs spread. He needed me there before he could address my work." And the reviewer? "She's claiming a book review equals rape," says Romano. "That's quite a stretch...