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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Inspector Edward Fowler said he was not sure what caused the fire, but he said faulty wiring in the kitchen ceiling may have been to blame...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Engulfs Apartment Over Uno's | 12/13/1989 | See Source »

...global. Paramount Communications last week announced that it had taken a major step in that direction by purchasing a 49% stake in the British firm Zenith, Europe's leading independent television programmer. A subsidiary of Carlton Communications, Zenith last year produced such dramas as The Paradise Club and Inspector Morse in Britain, as well as the romantic comedy Finnegan Begin Again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTERTAINMENT: Tuning in To Europe | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Cambridge housing inspector Anthony D. Pini said the city could raise more than $1 million by charging each of the city's 42,000 housing units a $25 inspection...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: City Fined for Contamination | 11/14/1989 | See Source »

...little too quickly, it seems. According to a report by the Energy Department's inspector general made public last week, the DOE not only failed to locate the missing tritium but never adequately addressed the possibility that the gas was stolen. In a sharply worded statement that raises questions about what exactly the Government has been doing for the past five months, the inspector general said that earlier explanations attributing the losses to procedural errors or mismeasurements were based more on "speculation than fact." More than a year after the first shortfalls occurred, the report charges, "basic questions concerning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tritium Puzzle | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Three separate investigations were launched to explain the discrepancies, but according to the inspector general's report, none of the probes seriously pursued the possibility of illegal diversion. Experts say that although the material was packed in sealed containers, it was sent by commercial carrier and did not receive the special safeguards used for shipments of plutonium or enriched uranium. Last week's report urged a fresh investigation and a tightening of procedures. Critics welcomed the recommendations but wondered why they came so late. Asked Congressman Edward Markey of Massachusetts, who released the report to the press: "Do we have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Tritium Puzzle | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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