Word: inched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carpenter Center is showing an exhibit on the "graphic design of record packaging," called "Art of the Twelve Inch Squares...
...pistol to Committee Chairman Frank Church. Resembling a Colt .45 equipped with a fat telescopic sight, the gun fires a toxin-tipped dart, almost silently and accurately up to 250 ft. Moreover, the dart is so tiny-the width of a human hair and a quarter of an inch long-as to be almost indetectable, and the poison leaves no trace in a victim's body...
...into everything from sports jackets to undervests and worn by everyone who might come under the gun, from cops to Presidents. While even the thickest Kevlar garments will not stop most rifle bullets, the material nonetheless provides formidable protection. The 23-layer version, which is two-thirds of an inch thick, will stop up to a .44 magnum slug and would probably even protect against a point-blank blast such as Squeaky Fromme's .45 could have delivered. The seven-layer, 2½-lb. undervest-most popular with police because it scarcely impedes movement-will turn back a knife...
...roaring fire in the fireplace. But sparks from your chimney can wander into nearby brush if they're not controlled. So always attach a non-flammable screen to the top of your chimney or stovepipe. And be sure the openings in the screen are no more than 1/2 inch in size. That way you'll trap your sparks before they get away. If you're not sure what kind of screen is best for your chimney, check with your local fire department...
...protein. Such a pharmaceutical could be administered systematically upon diagnosis of a primary tumor, and the presence of the anti-TAF might insure that secondary and hidden tumor formations in other parts of the body would never gain the nourishment they need but die before reaching a half-inch in length...