Word: alarms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whether they needed-or wanted-to know about all that. George Christian, who used to be L.B.J.'s press secretary, raised the issue during a round table featuring eight present and former White House press officers at the Johnson Library last week (no conclusion, just a view with alarm). In almost every political rally around the nation, there is a question or two about preserving some privacy for those in the presidency or seeking...
...tone. Then he grins: "Now I'll show you something." He sits down in front of a TV screen hooked up to a typewriter keyboard and a piece of equipment that holds trays of minute interconnected objects. "Me and some other people put this together on a sort of alarm clock principle. This part"--he indicates the stack of trays--"is a Nova 1200 computer. But this part"--he waves at the TV-typewriter hookup--we did" Arny elaborates on the advantages of the screen system, which is labelled "Cosmic Investigations...
...Angeles to prepare for the worst, warned that a major earthquake of 8 on the Richter scale could kill 12,000 people, injure or leave homeless thousands more and cost $12 billion in property damage. Said Roger Pulley, a state earthquake preparedness official: "There is no sense of alarm, but we are treating the Palmdale bulge as a threat...
...lonely roads in broad daylight, buses blown up by mines. Army helicopters hunt guerrillas in scrubland and forested hill country along the frontier, and patrols in brown and green camouflage probe cautiously through the brush, automatic weapons at the ready. To protect themselves, white farmers have installed pushbutton alarm systems that alert police posts in case of attack. Fierce Rhodesian ridgeback dogs roam the grounds, and thick steel mesh covers many windows. Some have even dug sandbagged slit trenches in their yards to provide quick cover. Almost nobody drives after sunset, and evening social life has evaporated. 'This...
...that can be programmed to fly over an enemy's turf, photograph installations and drop bombs. Another division in Dallas makes high-technology civilian products, including tiny devices that can be used to foil bank robbers. Placed in a teller's drawer, the device will trigger an alarm when a teller removes the last bill in a stack, thus reducing pressure...