Word: thresholds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1940s and early `50s, Warren considered a proposal to develop an atomic-powered airplane. To model the craft, scientists, including Warren, proposed testing humans to determine their threshold for radiation exposure...
...soon as O'Neill's coffin is across the threshold, the entire press pool and about thirty Secret Service agents headed for the White Hen Pantry. Inside, a girl working behind the counter says in response to a reporter's question: "Yes, it is definitely not your average day at the White Hen Pantry...
...Warren's proposal for the atomic-poweredairplane and the radiation threshold tests onhumans, Masse said: "It wasn't approved. Iwouldn't condemn people for thinking. If youdidn't open your mind and have thoughts, wewouldn't be anywhere...
...such proposal--considered by the late Dr.Shields Warren, a Harvard pathology professor--wasto develop a nuclear-powered airplane. To developthe craft, scientists, including Warren, proposedtesting humans to determine their threshold forradiation exposure...
PLAY FOR KEEPS After nearly a year in office, Clinton has been weakened by a desire to please everyone and offend no one. But as he scrounged for votes, he crossed a new psychological threshold. When Congressman Bob Torricelli of New Jersey came out against the pact, Clinton fired a rocket his way, penning an acidic message in the margin of a speech Torricelli gave last year in support of free trade: "This was written by a man who cared." When Torricelli telephoned later to discuss the note, Clinton refused to take the call...