Word: zeroed
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...also a high-risk exploit. Unlike most sports, bungee jumping allows zero margin for error. In a free fall, a mistake or an equipment failure would almost certainly mean a jumper's doom. But talk to any bungee enthusiast, and he'll tell you about the chills and thrills -- not the spills...
That is the theory. In practice, it's more complicated. The reactors must be built of materials that are both lightweight and capable of withstanding extraordinary temperature changes, from several hundred degrees below zero to several thousand degrees above. To reduce the risk of fatal meltdowns, the uranium fuel must be packed in tiny particles coated with several layers of carbon alloy and carefully machined to very close tolerances. And because the fuel gives off "hot" -- meaning radioactive -- by-products, it is inevitable that the escaping gas will pick up some radioactivity...
Anthony is very serious about doing his job, and doing it right--not even sub-zero weather can turn him from his goal of saving money for the peoples of the greater Cambridge area...
...Anthony has one message for those whose lives he touches: "Keep looking for that Square Deal because David Anthony will be one that will always be in Harvard Square for you. And it won't matter if it's zero degrees or 90 degrees--I'll be there...
Schwarzkopf had initially got Washington's agreement to Feb. 21 as the day to begin the ground assault. But some subordinates thought they needed two more days to get ready. So he and George Bush fixed 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23 -- noon in Washington -- as zero hour, and Bush made that the expiration time of a final ultimatum to Saddam. As the deadline approached, tanks equipped with bulldozer blades cut wide openings through the sand berms Saddam's soldiers had erected as a defensive wall along the border, and tanks and troops began pushing through on probing attacks; some were...