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Though nuclear power is a good source of energy and is generally not a threat, there have been instances when security measures have failed. Nuclear meltdowns can cause dangerous radiation to escape…50,000-Meter Walk
1932 Thomas W. Green, Great Britain 4:50:10.00 1936 Harold Whitlock, Great Britain 4:30:41.10…Leading Scorers
NHL All-Stars vs Soviet National Team.Date City Result Goaltenders9/2 Montreal USSR, 7-3 Tretiak/Dryden9/4 Toronto Canada, 4-1 Esposito/Tretiak9/6 Winnipeg Tie, 4-4 Tretiak/Esposito9/8…Leading Scorers
WHA All-Stars vs Soviet National Team.Date City Result Goaltenders9/17 Quebec City Tie, 3-3 Tretiak/Cheevers9/19 Toronto Canada, 4-1 Cheevers/Tretiak9/21 Winnipeg USSR, 8-5 Tretiak/McLeod9/…Khodorkovsky, Mikhail Borisovich
(Encyclopedia) Khodorkovsky, Mikhail BorisovichKhodorkovsky, Mikhail Borisovichmēkhəyēlˈ bərēˈsəvĭch kōdôrkôfˈskē [key], 1963–, Russian business executive. In the waning years of the Soviet Union, he…Gulag
(Encyclopedia) Gulag, system of forced-labor prison camps in the USSR, from the Russian acronym [GULag] for the Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps, a department of the Soviet secret police (…Acheson, Dean Gooderham
(Encyclopedia) Acheson, Dean GooderhamAcheson, Dean Gooderhamăchˈĭsən [key], 1893–1971, U.S. secretary of state (1949–53), b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Yale, Harvard Law School. He was (1919–21)…Nkrumah, Kwame
(Encyclopedia) Nkrumah, Kwame Nkrumah, Kwame kwäˈmā nkr&oomacr;ˈmä [key], 1909–72, African political leader, prime…navigation satellite
(Encyclopedia) navigation satellite, artificial satellite designed expressly to aid the navigation of sea and air traffic. Early navigation satellites, from the Transit series launched in 1960 to the…Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl
(Encyclopedia) Attlee, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st EarlAttlee, Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earlătˈlē [key], 1883–1967, British statesman. Educated at Oxford, he was called to the bar in 1905. His…Trending
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