Word: meltdowns
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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WASHINGTON--The nuclear power industry is having a meltdown over "The Simpsons...
Plans even call for Homer to avert a nuclear meltdown...
...kind of asleep at the wheel and wakes up when there's an alarm, and doesn't know which button to press, so he goes eeney-meeney-miney-mo and hits a button and does avert a meltdown," Simon said. "He becomes a hero and feels guilty about it. It's not a politically charged episode...
...rejected initiatives that would limit spending or roll back taxes. A similar measure in Massachusetts would have cut the state budget by 8% by reducing fees to 1988 levels. The proposal was supported by the Republican candidate, William Weld, and opposed by Democrat John Silber, who warned of a "meltdown" of the state economy. In the end voters accepted Weld -- and rejected his tax rollback...
Engineers have outfitted trains and tracks with tougher steel and replaced dual car axles with single axles that swivel to enable cars to take banked turns faster and more smoothly. To prevent meltdown at high speeds, wheels have been enlarged and coated with heavy polyurethane treads...