Word: handbooks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...HAMPSHIRE GROUP--a self-described collective of five professors and eight students--concludes with a rather grim caveat: "There is only one thing which is certain about improbable events. Sooner or later they happen." As a handbook for anyone concerned with or morbidly fascinated by the prospects of nuclear power, Meltdown at Montague hits the mark. It is a fine example of well-reasoned literature in a field given to hysteria on all sides; it is the kind of book the anti-nuke movement needs...
...culture, Authors Gusztaá Gecse and Henrik Horváth announce that their goal is to explain it as "a human and literary creation." In a favorable editorial, the Communist Party daily Népszabadság listed three reasons for Communists to gain familiarity with Christianity's handbook. One was to understand such Bible-based expressions as "Solomonic verdict" and "scapegoat," another to "enrich the dialogue with believers." But the most important, said Népszabadság, was that knowing the Bible "can in fact strengthen official ideology." The editorial did not explain how, but its author...
...message, the other for decoding it. Thus if a group of intelligence agents or businessmen wanted to communicate secretly with one another, they would not have to send a new key prior to each message. On the contrary, the encrypting key could well be made public in a handbook like a telephone directory. In that way, someone who wanted to communicate with the group would simply look up the necessary key and use it to encode a message. Yet even if someone could intercept this transmission, he could not interpret it without access to the second, or decoding, key. Diffie...
...long section on the use of automobiles states that cars are "the property of the organization" and should be treated "with discretion." They should be maintained in peak condition and kept clean, since dirty cars tend to attract attention. "An automatic car wash takes five minutes," notes the handbook. At night, it cautions, drivers should remove old newspapers and debris as well as radios, tape decks or anything else that could tempt car thieves. In the event of an accident, if minor, the handbook advises Brigades members to "assume responsibility and even pay the costs." If the accident is serious...
...return home at 7 p.m. or later." As the manual puts it: "The role assumed must be carefully studied, so that any irregularities in one's behavior can be explained." Militants should never write down phone numbers, even in code. But do, says the handbook, "always carry your side...