Word: quist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...breakthrough had come as Physicist Robert J. Keyes checked on the properties of a gallium arsenide diode developed by Lincoln Lab Engineer Theodore M. Quist. A less-than-gnat-sized electronic device that generates pure infra-red light when a small direct current is passed through it, the diode turned out to have an extraordinary property: the intensity of the normally invisible infra-red beam could be easily controlled by varying the strength of the current that generates it. Keyes speculated that if his little light beam was visible at any distance, it could be modulated to carry the human...
Whoever is currently paying Rund-quist's and Shergales' bills, both men rank high among freebooting Florida pilots who will fly anywhere for anybody if the price is right. The U.S. Immigration Service border patrol knows who they are, and last week passed out to Florida plane-rental agencies a blacklist of 29 pilots (including one adventuresome, red-headed girl...