Word: detective
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beneath Mr. Philbrick's exultation of Soviet agriculture, we detect a note of gentle satire. Surely he does not believe that Soviet farms exceeded their quotas, "in some instances by as much as 303 per cent." He seems rather to be pointing out the differential between Communist propaganda and the hard facts of life. In this we applaud him, but we do not think that the exaggerations of the Soviet embassy excuses the well fed from feeding starving people. David L. Lively '58, Thomas W. Burrows '57, and John R. Butcher '57 for the Harvard...
...simple, lightweight carbon monoxide indicator to detect the deadly gas in aircraft cockpits and compartments...
...linear-system of offense. It will permit only 2,000 men in an area occupied by 8,000 to 10,000 in World War II. Such dispersion will impose heavy demands on communications, so the Army is developing what it calls "battlefield surveillance." This consists of sonic and electronic detection gear that will instantly track and report coordinates locating the origin of enemy fire. Recording devices could be planted along unprotected fronts to flash to control centers all unusual noises or movements on the ground and in the air. Some of the devices may detect the presence of enemy patrols...
...Howard, still reeling from last fall's municipal crackdown on burlesque, may soon become the site of a modern parking structure. City officials are studying the proposal and will hold a hearing Nov. 18 to detect public reaction to the project...
...Europe, strict secrecy surrounds the methods that are used to detect atomic explosions in another nation's territory. Japan has no atomic weapons and no atomic secrecy, so her scientists can talk. Last week one of them how an unofficial group of Japanese scientists keeps track of both U.S. and Soviet explosions...