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...theory, at least, one might detect a double standard...
...West Germany dispatched 56 members of a disaster-relief unit, along with five paramedics and twelve search dogs, heavy salvage gear, a medical emergency center, a mobile kitchen and medical supplies. From Britain came four London firemen, who brought with them nine thermal cameras, which use infrared sensors to detect the body heat of buried survivors...
...companies in the program are pursuing several avenues of research. Boeing, TRW, Lockheed, Hughes Aircraft and Grumman are among the many firms working on satellite surveillance and tracking systems to detect enemy missiles on launch, discriminate decoys from actual warheads and verify that the targets are destroyed by the Star Wars defense. Another crucial task is developing the weapons that would be used to blast attacking missiles and warheads out of the sky. TRW, Lockheed and Rockwell are studying the feasibility of so-called directed energy weapons, including lasers and particle beams. Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas and Teledyne are considering...
...past four years, some 6,000 people have died of AIDS in the U.S. From a statistical point of view, AIDS is not a major plague. Still, one begins to detect a plague mentality regarding the disease and those who carry it. Paradoxically, homosexuals are both victims of the plague mentality and themselves perpetrators of it. Because 73% of those who have AIDS are homosexuals, the general populace tends to look with suspicion on all homosexuals. Because the virus is transmitted by homosexual intercourse, homosexuals themselves bring to their intimate lives a desperate wariness and paranoia...
...long, two- stage rocket. At the same time, some 320 miles above the Pacific, an inoperative six-year-old satellite hurtled along at 17,000 m.p.h. A 35-lb. instrument package, no larger than a gallon can, separated from the rocket. Guided by infrared sensors that could detect the warmth of the satellite and powered by 64 tiny jet rockets, the cylinder closed in on its target. Zap! The two bodies collided at a combined speed of almost 27,000 m.p.h. The satellite was destroyed...