Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most troublesome fact about this new problem is that no one is really certain of the exact danger from the bomb's radio-active fall-out. The United States Atomic Energy Commission lists a minimum safety figure for radioactive materials which is ten times higher than that of several other reputable scientific organizations. Unfortunately, any such figure can be based only on estimates, since radioactivity often results in long term genetic effects rather than in immediate physical ones...
...thing, however, is certain. Too much radioactivity is disastrous to animal life. It is clear that the United States is in no position to play with nuclear weapons when no one is certain of the exact safety factor. The wisest course of action under these uncertain circumstances is to ban the testing of the high-powered hydrogen bombs which are the really significant producers of radiation hazard...
...Kafka to tell two Gothic tales of the occult. The title tale, Count Luna, is set in present-day Vienna. Alexander Jessiersky, frayed scion of a shoddy aristocratic line, fears that a penniless Count Luna whom he has uninten tionally wronged will return from a concentration camp grave to exact revenge. One night he hears footsteps on the floor above his palace study, storms out and plunges a pair of scissors repeatedly into the fleeing, shadowy figure of the intruder -only to discover that he has murdered his wife's cousin and illicit lover. Still gunning for the elusive...
...students would have received a raise even if the Union had not negociated larger salaries, but the exact amount could not be determined until the Union rates had been settled...
...Rouse, who has a part-interest in six of the centers he has developed, not only decides where to build a new shopping center but can estimate in advance the revenue per sq. ft. It took him seven years and 4,000 separate mathematical calculations to decide on the exact location of Mondawmin, where the anticipated revenue is $65 per sq. ft. Rouse not only has plans for two huge new suburban shopping centers in Maryland, but will soon reverse his tried and true procedure by building two downtown centers, in Easton, Md. and Charlotte, N.C., to augment central shopping...