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...souvenirs has come to re quire 1) the battlefield instincts of a field commander, 2) a shovel, 3) a strong back, 4) a talent for telling lies with a straight face, 5) an ability to fend off enraged farmers, 6) a snakebite kit and, most important, 7) a metal detector...
Success, the souvenir detectors believe, is a matter of historical background as well as on-the-scene instinct. Gene Purcell, 26, a seasoned detection expert and proprietor of the Blockade Runners, an Atlanta shop that deals in sales or swaps of Civil War accouterments, outlines the procedure. "I get me a spot on a battlefield," he says, "and I go sit down and lean up against a tree and smoke a cigarette, and I think, 'If I were fighting here, where would 1 have dragged a wounded man? Over behind that big rock.' So I detect there...
...system, which is unchallenged chatter that hits print between arrest and trial. Elaborate trial rules permit jurors to hear admissible evidence subject to searching crossexamination; the whole system is subverted when the press fills jurors' heads with inadmissible evidence-prior criminal records, rumored confessions, "flunked" lie-detector tests, a police chief's claim that "we got the right man." Some prosecutors announce indictments with unforgettable declarations of guilt. Defense lawyers then counter with vivid rebuttals-all of which may be read by prospective jurors...
...Bunk Detector. What the Now Generation possesses in every stratum is a keen ability to sense meaning on many levels at the same time. In its psychological armory it counts a powerful array of weapons-both defensive and offensive. Foremost among them...
...built-in bunk detector for sniffing out dishonesty and double standards...