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...length of arc to radius." "Starch is produced by mechanical methods from potatoes," "A military court sentenced a sergeant to deprival of civil rights." To translate clearly, the machine had to have some simple translation rules (i.e., how to choose one of several meanings) impressed on its "memory" apparatus. And Russian letters had to be converted to their English alphabet equivalents...
...wiretapping has flourished. Technology has kept up with demand. Today a good tap sets up so little interference in the line that users do not hear it. A tapper can rig up a tape recorder and leave the scene, returning only once a day to change the tape. Induction apparatus makes it possible to tap a wire without hooking into it or even touching...
...establish the MVD as a private enterprise of their own. But in the labyrinthine complexity of Soviet "monolithic" leadership, no such separation of powers can be permitted: Russia's elaborate intertwining of soldiers, party, commissars and secret police is designed to prevent such coups. Beria's apparatus had to be eliminated and loyal Malenkov men substituted as chiefs of the secret police. Whether the new regime had to call in the army to assist in the purge is still not clear, but one fact is: never before in the 36 years of Communist rule until the arrest...
Last week Hibben got some strong support. At his request, University of Michigan scientists had put the tusk fragments through their new radioactive carbon dating apparatus. This machinery, with the help of a Geiger counter, samples the amount of Carbon 14 in the tested material, assessing its age by the number of counts it makes. Their findings: the tusk is 20,000 years old. By implication, so is Sandia...
Most of the work, however, that is carried on in this industry--the actual manufacturing processes, lathing, machine shop work, operation of testing apparatus, and so on, is done by men without college degrees. Opportunities for pure science majors lie in engineering: research, design, and development. Nevertheless, the chief shortage in the aircraft Industry today is in trained technical personnel. Engineers are in great demand in an ever-increasing and accelerating scope of investigation...