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...this technology gives the office an unsettling, almost surreal quality; the first-time visitor sees eight people with their hands at their sides, smiling and talking to the wall in front of them. But gradually, the scene becomes familiar: soon it becomes possible to detect the ultra-polite, unemotional tone of voice that is the trademark of only one profession, and finally, one makes out a phrase here and there and recognizes the cant of Harvard operators...
...around them is "full of microwaves and jets." An apartment-house elevator contains a TV set; during a short ride up, the operator switches dials and treats his passengers to snippets of six old movies. Strange rituals proliferate; at airports, Mooney's people watch "metal detectors detect belt buckles and sets of keys on the persons of those who wished to fly somewhere." Things, Melissa decides, "were getting fast...
Each month millions of women check their breasts for suspicious lumps in an effort to detect cancer early. Now doctors are urging men to perform a monthly self-examination of their own, this one aimed at cancer of the testicle...
...unveiled last week, the price of the Saudi arms package totaled $8.5 billion. The five AWACS, whose advanced radar enables them to detect aircraft at a distance of 250 miles to 350 miles, and their support facilities account for $5.8 billion of that, and have attracted the most attention. Yet the proposal also includes 101 sets of fuel tanks to extend the range of the Saudis' fleet of 62 F-15 Eagles. Probably the world's best jet fighters, the F-15s will be sent to the Saudis in a sale that former President Jimmy Carter pushed through...
...tray of food sits there, untouched. Every once in a while, the hunger striker steals a glance at it. After the first week, the servings seem enlarged to a ravenous man, the beans huge, the scones puffed up. His sense of smell is also more acute; he can detect the kind of food almost before it arrives. The breakfast tray waits until lunch, lunch stays until dinner, and dinner remains all night long. British authorities say they have the obligation to keep food always available. The prisoners consider the practice taunting and cruel...