Word: steams
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Northern Washington State's volcanic Mount Baker has not belched fire since the late 1860s. But now the 10,778-ft. peak may be clearing its massive throat for another outburst. Increasing volcanic activity has produced clouds of sulfurous gases and a plume of steam that can be seen in Seattle, some 90 miles away. Mount Baker's stirrings are causing some uneasiness in the town of Concrete (pop. 600), which lies at the mountain's base. While there is little chance that the town will suffer the fate of ancient Pompeii, the U.S. Forest Service...
Harvard coach Dave Hubbard, who took over at the beginning of the season, said the victory "helps team confidence." He noted that Jewett has "really been picking up steam lately...
...working out guidelines for legislative oversight of the CIA. The decision to help finance anti-Communist forces in Italy was strongly endorsed by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Said a Government official: "Henry's attitude toward this one has been 'Damn the congressional critics and leakers-full steam ahead...
Construction on the plant, which will provide electricity, steam, chilled water, and waste incineration to ten medical-related institutions in the Mission Hill area including the Harvard Med School, was originally set to begin this summer...
...clogged. As white-coated technicians look on helplessly, the back-up water system also fails. Deprived of the coolant that controls its temperature, the reactor begins melting in its own heat. Then the machine and its fuel collapse into a molten mass that explosively converts the coolant water into steam. The resulting blasts rip open the power plant's massive concrete dome, releasing a cloud of radioactive gases. Tens of thousands of people living near by are contaminated by radioactivity. Many die within days. Others suffer lingering illnesses and develop cancer years later...