Word: wreck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Federal investigators blamed the Youngstown wreck on sabotage-someone had unbolted two sections of rail. But the other three derailments apparently were caused by mechanical failures: broken wheels in Waverly and Bowling Green, and a broken brake assembly in Cades. 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...
...with the wreck of a square that...
...rotated frequently to larger French islands. But while they are on Tromelin, they undoubtedly dream about the island's one famous resident: an 18th century female Robinson Crusoe who was washed ashore as the lone survivor of a shipwreck. She subsisted on food that floated in from the wreck, until a passing schooner spotted the bright yellow dress she had hoisted as a distress flag...
...classic confrontation. Highway builders said the new roadway was absolutely essential to the state's development. Environmentalists countered that it would wreck one of New England's scenic landmarks. For 20 years the argument raged: Should Interstate Highway 93 be routed through New Hampshire's Franconia Notch State Park? Situated in the heart of the White Mountains, the Notch is one of nature's masterpieces, a wonderland of sharp cliffs, fast streams and crystalline lakes ringed by pine-covered mountains. It is also the site of a geological formation that has become a symbol...
...inexcusably disregarded Stephen Biko's rights while he was in their custody. "There is indisputable evidence," Kentridge said, "that on the morning of Sept. 6 Mr. Biko went into the interrogation room alive and well. On the morning of the 7th he came out a physical and mental wreck. He died a miserable and lonely death on a cold prison floor...