Word: tanked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deny the State of Israel's right to be recognized by all countries of the region, provided that the whole situation is normalized. I told President Carter that Israel should be given all the guarantees she wants. If she wanted to have every Israeli citizen armed with a tank and an aircraft, and got such armaments from the United States, we would not object-provided, of course, that those weapons were used within her own, not other people's territory. We would never object to anything Israel wants, whether from the United States, the Soviet Union...
While workers were preparing to transfer 20,000 gal. of liquid propane gas from a derailed tank car to trucks in Waverly, Tenn., the gas suddenly exploded, leveling 14 buildings. "It was just like you were thrown into a furnace," said Truck Driver Carl Stokes, who was burned severely. "It was like a power throwing us into the sun. People were walking, their clothes were gone and their bodies were completely burned." The toll: twelve dead and at least 50 injured...
When the gas spread across nearby Route 231, it looked at first like fog to Richard Kuhn, who was driving home to New York from a skindiving vacation in Florida. Then his van stalled and he got a whiff of the searing vapor. Kuhn strapped on his scuba air tank and walked out of the death cloud to safety. Another motorist, Donald Sellers of Tallahassee, a veteran of Army chemical-warfare training, recognized the gas as chlorine and told his wife to get to the floor of the car, where there was still breathable air. "We were both vomiting...
...Indeed, the tracks and much of the equipment belonging to U.S. railroads have been deteriorating for years, and experts agree that the situation is steadily worsening. Last year there were about 8,000 derailments-3,000 more than the total ten years ago-including 150 or so in which tank cars leaked dangerous chemicals...
...same time, railroads have increased shipments of poisonous, explosive and asphyxiating chemicals, to 80 million tons in 1976. They also routinely transport nuclear materials, so far without serious accident. To keep up with the demand, shippers have doubled the capacity of the average tank car, to 100 tons. Federal safety standards that took effect last September require new tankers to be equipped with crash shields to prevent punctures and thermal liners to reduce the chance of explosions. But shippers have until 1981 to remodel the 23,000 tank cars that are used to ship dangerous substances. Only about...