Word: tanked
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...million, according to estimates, some mines powerful enough to blow the tracks off a battle tank. When that figure is combined with the number of fractured bridges, collapsed buildings, unexploded ordnance and edgy snipers, it is amazing that there have not been more casualties. Since December, eight NATO soldiers have been killed and more than 40 wounded. The human cost, however, bears measuring against what the peacekeepers have so far achieved. By last Saturday all three rival ethnic factions had vacated virtually every piece of land they had pledged to relinquish. By the Balkans' bloody standards, that is extraordinary...
After draining the tank, investigators discovered a "pinhole leak," Reilly said...
Boston University officials said that by measuring the volume of oil left in the tank, they have determined that less than 10 gallons of oil leaked into the river...
...leaked from an underground tank used to store heating oil for Boston University's School of Fine Arts. Although the tank was capable of holding 20,000 gallons, it contained only 11,000 at the time of the leak, Reilly said...
Clean-up workers drained the tank Thursday and prepared yesterday to excavate and remove it. B.U. has installed a temporary above-ground tank to store heating oil for the Fine Arts school...