Word: leet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Defense Department has taken an overly pessimistic, scientifically in-valid position on detection of under-ground nuclear tests, ignoring the opinion of professional seismologists," Lewis D. Leet, professor of Geology, charged yesterday...
...view that seismographic detection is unreliable will be of great importance if the Geneva disarmament conference renews test ban talks, Leet said. U.S. officials, contending that detection is too difficult to be an effective control, demand that a treaty prohibiting tests include extensive inspection checks...
Delegates of the Soviet Union with-drew from 1959 test ban discussions then the U.S. made new claims for inspection based on what Leet termed supposed seismological data." The Soviets at that time bitterly criticized the technical data used by the U.S., and held that accurate detection is possible...