Word: tanks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accident defied quick explanation, though a slow-motion replay seemed to show an initial explosion in one of two peel-away rocket boosters igniting the shuttle's huge external fuel tank...
...tank burst into a fireball that destroyed the $1.2 billion Challenger high above the Atlantic while crew families and NASA officials watched in despair from the Cape...
Other observers noted that the boosters continued to fly crazily through the sky after the explosion, apparently under full power, indicating the that the fatal explosion might have originated in the giant tank itself...
...Ethiopian troops are dug in. Some of their comrades, identifiable by their bright green uniforms, lie dead in no-man's-land. An exchange of automatic-weapons fire echoes through the valley. Moments later, two Soviet-built Ethiopian MiGs roar overhead in search of the rebels' camouflaged artillery and tank emplacements. Sipping tea in his command bunker, Afewerki Melke, a field commander of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, turns to his visitors and says, "Why we're here is simple. All we want is our land...
...court to bar the cases from the U.S., where damage awards are typically higher than in India. A day after the Bhopal anniversary, a replay of the tragedy occurred when a cloud of gaseous sulfuric acid blanketed parts of Delhi, killing one man. The source: a corroded storage tank at an Indian-owned fertilizer plant...