Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Four months after Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up by a bomb concealed in a radio-cassette player, nobody has been charged with the crime. But U.S. Government sources say it is now believed that the bomb was carried onto the Boeing 747, apparently unknowingly, by a passenger who died in the explosion...
SCIENCE: Has the H-bomb's power been tamed...
Meanwhile, private security guards prowl the halls of La Jolla Country Day. Students have been instructed how to evacuate the building during a bomb threat, and a psychologist has counseled Rogers' pupils. Officials held a "terrorism awareness" briefing for faculty members. And 21 fourth-graders anxiously await the return of their beloved Mrs. Rogers. "What Americans need to understand is that the way to deal with terrorism is not to isolate the victim but to stand together," observes San Diego Congressman Bill Lowery, Rogers' most vocal supporter. "((The terrorists')) weapon is fear. Most Americans realize that, and I hope...
...pushed forward its schedule and published the report by Pons and Fleischmann. But at week's end the more prestigious British journal Nature had not yet decided whether to print their findings. The scientific community, while not at all convinced by the claim that the power of the H-bomb had finally been harnessed, was at least taking it seriously...
...atoms of deuterium -- an isotope of hydrogen -- can be fused to form a helium atom and a neutron, releasing a sizable burst of energy. But before that can occur, deuterium nuclei generally need to be compressed with sufficient force to overcome their mutually repellent electrical charges. In H-bombs, that force is supplied by the detonation of an A-bomb. Conventional fusion techniques require giant magnets, powerful laser beams and particle accelerators. But none of these approaches have succeeded in generating more energy than they...