Word: steel
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...colorless chemical compound that behaves in humans and animals like a potent form of tear gas (see box), is used by Union Carbide as an ingredient in producing relatively toxic pesticides known as Sevin and Temik. At the Bhopal facility it was stored in three double-walled, stainless steel tanks, buried mostly underground to limit leakage in the event of an accident and to help shield them from air temperatures that could soar to 120° F in summer. Refrigerated to keep the highly volatile gas in its liquid form, the tanks were also equipped with thermostats, valves and other devices...
...array of deadly compounds, among them methyl isocyanate (MIC). In Britain, a division of Ciba-Geigy Chemicals, Ltd., is the only company permitted to deal with the substance. Located two miles from Grimsby, a town of 92,000, the firm imports and stores the chemical in 45-gal. stainless-steel drums. No more than 18,000 gal. is kept in stock at one time. But even with these precautions, Grimsby villagers gathered in protest after they found out that the lethal compound was being held in their midst. They were led by Anthony White, a resident of nearby Pyewipe...
NEWS HAMPSHIRE (63)--James Best 10-0--20; Greg Steel 3-3--9; Dirk Koopman 1-2--4; Rodney Johnson 1-1--3; Todd Black 0-0--0; Ty Bridge 2-2-6; And Johnson 3-1--7, Pat Galvin 0-0--0; Ted DiGrande 5-0--10, Keith Hinderlie 1-0--2; Marshall Tait...
...series of explosions not only destroyed four spherical tanks, each holding at least 420,000 gal. of liquefied gas, but also sent enormous steel shards spearing into houses. Then came several more blasts as 48 smaller containers exploded. One 50-ft.-long propane cylinder soared through the air and crushed a house half a mile away. In all, more than 30 acres of working-class housing were destroyed, another 30 heavily damaged...
...name refers to Friedrich Flick Industrieverwaltung KGaA, a Düsseldorf-based firm that is one of the world's largest industrial holding companies. A $3.4 billion concern, Flick has substantial interests in steel, chemicals and banking. It is now run by Friedrich Karl Flick, 57, the youngest and only living son of Friedrich Flick, who began the business...