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Diamonds in Chocolate Bars. By ground, sea and air-they come. The Chilean navy recently fought a noisy battle with the crew of a freighter loaded with a contraband cargo of cigarettes, whisky and, of course, soap. In Venezuela police found themselves confiscating the same launch three times-the smugglers simply kept buying it back at auction. In Argentina one crafty operator kept police baffled by using two planes with the same markings and registration-one for smuggling and one for legitimate freight. Other pros ship Scotch in gasoline tankers, diamonds in chunky chocolate bars, cigarettes under false truck floor...
...utilizes hot engine gases flowing past a V-shaped tail to keep the tail high even at 28 m.p.h. General Dynamics proposed a detachable pod for carrying the soldiers. Lockheed features a more conventional fuse lage, but its high wings are detachable so the craft can be transported in cargo planes. Most of the firms, however, could not meet the original cost goal of a $100,000 aircraft, figured the cost above $200,000. And once a manufacturer is selected, it will take up to five years to get the plane operational...
...shown on small, individual screens. With a whoosh and voom, they're off, all 36 zinging up the same road in a contest to see who is the most economical and safest driver. They are graded electronically as they meet situations-a school bus discharging its tender cargo, an idiot driver warping and woofing all over the right...
...have more maneuverability than a sphere. Dr. Fiedler hopes to use it to spy on fish and learn to catch them cheaply. It can repair damaged cables and bury radioactive wastes in the ocean bottom. Lockheed has high hopes of eventually being able to build large Turtles to carry cargo, perhaps operating under Arctic...
...Against Americans. During the Napoleonic Wars, when both Britain and France were stopping U.S. ships and seizing their cargo, Jefferson clamped an embargo on all foreign trade. His aim was to keep the U.S. from being dragged into war, but he succeeded only in paralyzing the U.S. economy...