At the post-nuclear Hanford, the cleanup is tangled in legal battles over workers' health, dangers to the environment and disputes among government agencies about oversight of safety.
Rich countries protect their farmers with subsidies, high tariffs, import quotas and a tangle of other barriers masquerading as health and safety standards.
Consider the margin of safety.
Its welfare provision is a shambles, with an incomprehensible tangle of entitlements which still leaves gaping holes in the safety net.
Butte-Silver Bow County sheriff's deputies, Montana highway patrol officers and fire and safety personnel were at the scene with a tangle of emergency vehicles.
NEW ORLEANS -- For most city officials here, making plans to evacuate tens of thousands of residents from the wrath of a hurricane brings to mind a tangle of logistics: bus routes, out-of-state shelters, fresh water supplies, public safety.
Amid this tangle of overlapping authority and competing interests, no one was solely responsible for ensuring the rig's safety, and communication was a constant challenge.
So now consider that tangle of modules.
