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Word: burial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state for location of dumping sites," says Coddington. "But nobody wants a dump in his backyard--or anywhere near it," he adds. Rosenberg predicts that Western areas like Beattie and Hanford may pull a Barnwell. "They resent the fact that New England says, 'We will not allow a burial site in our area,'" Rosenberg asserts...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Dumping Off Harvard's Waste---Radioactive, That Is | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Since Elvis Presley's death two years ago, fans have flocked to Memphis to pay their respects and take home souvenir T shirts, records, statuettes and posters. Now Memphis Dry Cleaner William Carwile is trying to clean up on a new relic: chips off the old burial block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Elvis Rocks Again | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

Also regarded by critics as a sin of omission is the new book's loss of burial service readings such as "Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Battle of the Prayer Books | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...week following the attack, says the OTA report, those living near the targets would be "in a state of shock, with their lives disrupted and further drastic changes inevitable ... People would face many immediate tasks: care of the injured, burial of the dead, search and rescue, and fire fighting." A major problem would be the treatment of the tens of thousands of third-degree burn victims. At present notes the report, the combined facilities of all U.S. hospitals can treat no more than 2,000 cases of severe burns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Least Awful Option? | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...cried out, according to one account, "Oh Lord, help me, for I am innocent!" Thirty-five minutes later, the body was cut down, taken away to a waiting air force plane and flown to the town of Larkana, 200 miles northeast of Karachi. There, in his family's burial plot, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 51, the most popular civilian politician to come to power in Pakistan's 32 years of independence, was hastily interred last week before the country was told of his death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Bhutto's Sudden, Shabby End | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

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