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...days later, at Maturin, big air junction in eastern Venezuela, a group of soldiers, civilians and members of the Seguridad Nacional (Secret Service), led by two army officers, seized the Seguridad headquarters and police barracks. In 2½ hours of fighting, loyal troops recaptured the garrisons, killing three rebels...
...Prospector. After war's end, the Atomic Energy Commission gave uranium mining a big boost by a system of bonus payments. In one month, 1,133 prospectors checked in at AEC headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo. "For a while," says a resident, "we were swamped with guys with Geiger counters and shovels. When you went up on the mesa they popped up behind every bit of sagebrush like Indians. But few did any good...
...their employment soared to 5,000. In 1951 alone, some $30 million of private capital was poured into the area, and uranium mining, though still wrapped in AEC secrecy, is thought to be Colorado's biggest mining industry. The uranium that is transported through the streets of Grand Junction every day is estimated to equal 15,000 tons of coal in energy...
...jammed, and his course on modern Europe was the most popular elective in Princeton's history. Once a student did fall asleep-after having taken the milk train in from Manhattan. The Buzzer spotted the sleeper, tiptoed to his seat, bent down, and let out a bellow: "Princeton Junction! Change for Princeton!" The student never dozed again...
...Points & Junctions. Some transistors (the "point contact" type) use only one kind of germanium with fine metal points pressing upon it. "Junction transistors" use both the germanium that has free electrons and germanium that has "holes." Both transistors act like electron tubes; they can turn alternating into direct current, amplify faint currents, generate musical tones, serve as relays; they even perform brilliantly as photoelectric cells, turning light into electricity...