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...practice, a slender pencil of X rays is shot through the material to be examined. The rays that pass through are detected by the crystal and turned into electric current. If the current is stronger than standard, indicating a void or flaw in the material, the apparatus rings a bell or flashes a light...
...Error of the fatal flaw," my foot! And I fain would use it (the foot) to kick the gobbledygook-talking diplomats in their hindsight. Only Lattimoronic "experts" could have failed to foresee the calamity that was bound to result from letting the Mao mob become the rulers of China...
...hardly any privacy from the living rooms, and windowless kitchens would make it hard for the pungent odors of French cooking to escape, or for French housewives to throw their garbage into the street. Last week, with the building nearing completion, vinophilic Frenchmen were talking about the most serious flaw of all. A Marseille daily, La France, pointed out with horror that, by building his Radiant City on stilts, the architect had left no room for wine cellars. Said one indignant Marseillais: "Who wants to live in a temperance asylum? Give me a one-story bungalow with four walls, windows...
...most obvious flaw in the whole Taft position was his hopeful prophecy that Russia would not attack the U.S. It justified a look at his record as a military prophet. In February 1941 Taft predicted with equal certainty: "It is simply fantastic to suppose there is danger of an attack on the U.S. by Japan...
...founded, has been spouting profits ever since. It built the world's largest refinery at Abadan, became a top-ranking crude-oil producer. It also fell more & more into disfavor with the Iranian government. By last week the company's strained relations with Iran formed a major flaw in the defense of the Middle East against Communism; Britain and the U.S. did not see eye to eye on how to correct the defect...