Word: strength
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Trucks used for shipping chemicals must be strong enough to survive a rollover without breaking open, and tank cars a derailment. Hydrogen cyanide, a lethal poison, can be transported only in carriers with 1-in.-thick, high-strength steel bulkheads. When a railroad car carrying petrochemicals overturns, the reason may be loose rails, which can break off from their ties and puncture the front of an oncoming tank car. Therefore, industry rules were established that call for adding more insulation and head shields. Cost: $452 million...
...birthday eight days after the talks with Gromyko conclude, adds stature to the American negotiating team. He is by far the most experienced U.S. bargainer with the Soviets, and in Washington has won the respect of both hardliners and moderates on arms control. A longtime advocate of American military strength, he also has been, in his own eyes at least, a consistent proponent of equitable agreement with the U.S.S.R. That stand led him to play a major role both in negotiating the SALT I treaty and in organizing opposition to the unratified SALT...
Terrorism, in the words of Secretary of State Shultz, is "a new kind of warfare." As the tragic events at Mehrabad Airport demonstrated, the outcome of this conflict could ultimately be determined as much by strength of will as by strength of arms. At week's end there appeared to be no logical way to cope with a few angry and fanatic men who had killed-and were vowing to kill again. -By John Kohan...
...When we think of New York City, we think of strength, of Paris, elegance, of London, aristocracy and money. How do you characterize Prague...
Next for the Crimson is an important out of conference show down with Boston College Friday in Chestnut Hill and Cleary wants to be a close to full strength as possible for the match...