Pipe Thread Types and Designations. Overview: Different types of screw threads have evolved for fastening, and hydraulic systems. Of special concern are plastic-. to-metal, taper/parallel threaded joints in hydraulic circuits.
The taut Mike Nichols drama Silkwood (1983) was based on the real life case of a plutonium processing plant metallurgy worker, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who discovered corporate powers were covering up radiation leaks at Oklahoma's Kerr-McGee plant.
She discovers she has psychokinetic powers which she uses to her advantage. In the BBC Radio 4 two-part adaptation of the novel, she is played by Lauren Mote and in the film, as a six-year-old she is portrayed by American actress Mara Wilson and as a toddler she is portrayed by Amanda and Caitlin Fein.atilda Wormwood is the title character and protagonist of the bestselling children's novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.