Word: rays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over the police, and often the conversations involved this subject. One, in 1963, deals with Dominick Capello, then recently confirmed as superintendent of the New Jersey state police. De Carlo wanted Capello to keep his troopers from harassing numbers operations in the Jersey shore area. Among the speakers are Ray De Carlo, Lucky (probably Louis Percello) and others...
...Ray: Do you know what this Cappy [Capello] wants...
...they were apparently formed by splashes of hot debris from meteorite impacts. Several scientists showed electron micrographs of pyroxenes (a mineral also found on earth) that had crystallized in a remarkable candy-stripe pattern. The investigators also saw tiny tracks produced in the rocks by the bombardment of cosmic ray and solar particles. Made millions and even billions of years ago, these markings are permanent records of the sun's activity. From them, scientists may learn, for example, if the earth's ice ages were in fact caused by long periods of reduced solar output...
...thousandth of a rem) as the maximum radiation that the general public can be safely exposed to in one year. That is a very small amount. By comparison, the sun and other natural radiation sources expose the average individual to about 100 millirems each year. A single chest X ray can double the natural dose...
...Moral Issues. Lawyer-agents may be cannily attempting to tout their talents without actually violating the rule against lawyers advertising their services. A more difficult question is whether a lawyer's stake in such contracts affects his conduct of the defense. Consider the case of James Earl Ray, who now claims that he was denied effective counsel because of his lawyers' interests in a book about him. His first lawyer, Arthur Hanes, made a deal with Ray and Author William Bradford Huie that provided for articles and a book about Ray by Huie. To cover mounting legal bills...