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...Nixon-images which this one Nixon-mold had spawned. At one point the thought lept into my head that if I were to reach across those few inches of space and strangle the real Nixon, the millions of other Nixons all over the nation and the world would self-destruct as quickly as the news could be spread. The public figure, while far more palpable and fragile than I had imagined him to be, was hardly more human: the electronic image of the man's face has so invaded our senses that the relationship between the face and its image...
...visual gimmickry. We think we've got a world-capable series here. As always, should you or any of your Impossible Mission Force be gunned down by the critics, Desilu's president Lucille Ball will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This outer-office memorandum will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Bruce...
Strangely enough for a ship of such sophistication and strategic value, Pueblo had no automatic "destruct" mechanism. As the Koreans swarmed aboard, U.S. Navymen feverishly set fire to the files, dumped documents, shredded the codes, and did their valiant best to wreck the electronic gear with axes, sledge hammers and hand grenades. In the process, apparently, one sailor's leg was blown off and three others were injured. According to a Defense Department official, Bucher's instructions "covered everything except being boarded...
REDSTONE: Component forces, readiness levels, destruct...
Even the engineering mind has begun to boggle at the profusion of space-speak-which explains the reduction of some complex nominal compounds to straightforward acronyms. "Augmented target docking adapter" has become ATDA, "astronaut maneuvering unit" is known as AMU, and the "electronic ground automatic destruct sequencer" -used to blow up missiles that have gone astray-is known simply as EGADS...