Word: mins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jury took only 1 hr. 50 min. to find Gacy guilty. Next day, he received his sentence: death by electrocution. "It's God's will," Gacy told Prosecutor Kunkle. "The jury just did to me what I've been trying to do to myself for so many years." Judge Louis B. Garippo set the execution date for June 2, but there will be an automatic appeal under Illinois law. The case will drag on for months, if not years, and some cannot wait for it to end. "He killed my son and we're going...
...peaceful herbivore, retaining from its prehistoric days on land the vestigial bones of hind legs and three nails, once claws, at the end of each flipper. It leads a blissful existence chomping underwater weeds and drowsing on sandy bottoms, with reluctant trips up for air about every 4 min. Young manatees love to play with each other or people, embracing with their flippers and kissing full on the muzzle. A mother will usually bear just one calf every three to five years, not enough to offset the current attrition rate...
...rems per hour. It has since dropped to a merely dangerous 200 rems just above the surface of the water. Covered from head to toe in radiation-resistant protective clothing, three engineers entered an air lock, though not the containment building itself, and during the course of a 20-min. stay took radiation readings that will help determine how soon technicians can get in and see the damaged reactor. "It's a long, slow process," admitted Met-Ed Vice President Robert Arnold. "We haven't made as much progress as we had hoped...
...rioters assaults on police, the most important determinant for making arrests. Over 180 unarmed security personnel were injured in the attacks, in which the demonstrators wielded torches, iron bars and spiked clubs while shouting threats like "Beat them to death!" ("P'a hou yin hsi!" in the Chinese Min-nan dialect). The rioters even looted a police station and injured the staff there. The police, on the other hand, were forbidden to fight back. Unlike the impression conveyed in quotes by Linda Arrigo, no demonstrators were hurt...
...popular as still photography; while nearly all homes have a still camera, only about one-quarter have movie cameras. Polavision was also expensive and the picture quality often poor. The camera and a small viewer that looks like a TV screen cost $675, plus $9.95 for a 2-min. 40-sec. film cartridge. The product never took hold despite heavy promotion. Some officials within the company opposed Polavision, but Land, who applied for his first patent on the process in 1946, insisted on its development...