Word: detectives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last November by the Conservative-led Parliament, judges can now jail those who, under oath, refuse to answer questions that involve insider trading. "Ours is the party of law-and-order," asserted Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson in the House of Commons. "The government is determined to prevent, detect and punish wrongdoing wherever it may occur." His speech was greeted by hoots and guffaws from the opposition...
...Staff members will talk on bug-proof telephones, type on hacker-proof word processors and sign out research material from a "secure documents room." The offices will be protected by code-locked doors staffed around the clock by armed guards. Exterior walls will be implanted with electronic sensors to detect intruders...
...took a course in "Science A," so I am aware of how long it takes for a wavelength of light to travel from a cheese-steak on a countertop to one of those jelly-ball things in our skulls that allow us to detect such waves. The amount of time is exactly half the amount allotted to you before fire and venom spit horrifically from the Tommy's counterman in vehement objection to your negligence in retrieving your "food...
...need for more FAA inspectors is obvious. In the view of Jim Burnett, it may even be more important for FAA inspectors to develop a new attitude toward their work. "They must take a more aggressive posture," he says. Specifically, Burnett would like to see more spot inspections to detect any cheating on maintenance rules...
Then how is silent ischemia diagnosed? Doctors can detect attacks by monitoring electrical signals from their patients' hearts during exercise stress tests; a sudden decrease in blood flow to the muscle changes the signal. The condition can then be confirmed by a Holter monitor, a portable electrocardiograph worn by the patient for at least 24 hours...