Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deadliness in massive doses, but many researchers contend that low levels of exposure are not necessarily hazardous. Since the mineral occurs naturally, trace amounts can often be found in fresh air and water. Yet the EPA has said that the only guaranteed safe amount of airborne asbestos is zero...
...weeks ago, hundreds of people, many with no more than a cotton wrap to protect them against sub-zero cold, queued up outside stores and gas stations to try to buy food, as well as fuel for their space heaters. As early as 3 a.m., young children were out in the freezing night, waiting outside bakeries that would not open for several hours and then might have only a few undersize loaves for sale. In Khair Khana, a residential area, a thousand women and children pushed and shoved for flour and fuel provided by the Soviets. Afghan soldiers thrashed...
...have only one use: to kill human beings. Others would institute a federally mandated waiting period, generally 15 days, before a qualified buyer could pick up his gun. (Under the bewildering mosaic of state laws now in effect, waiting periods range from 30 days in New York to zero in Virginia and Oregon, where Purdy bought his rifle.) Such a cooling-off period is thought necessary to allow time for a thorough background check that would disclose whether the would-be buyer is a felon or mentally ill. Such proposals have picked up powerful new allies: police chiefs who once...
...Boston Winter." The words conjured up magic for me during last year's long, hot Washington summer. Twenty below zero, 50 below with windchill. Foot upon foot of snow blanketing the ground weekly. Frozen lips, frozen hair, frozen contact lenses. Snow shovels. Icicles. Frozen water pipes...
However, the restrictive parliamentary procedure planned by the speaker requires a tough two-thirds vote before the bill could be sent to the Senate. The 51 percent raise would remain in effect unless both chambers agreed to cut it back, and House opponents vowed to roll it back to zero whether Wright wins or loses...