Word: safe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...daring and imagination, it was in a class with some of the best heist movies ever made. The hoods-police estimate that ten people were involved-had used five tons of excavation and safecracking equipment to get at an estimated $10 million in currency and valuables stored in nine safes and 317 of the bank's 4,000 safe deposit boxes. Awed French cops, when they arrived at the scene of the crime, thought it might be the biggest bank break-in ever, easily surpassing the accepted previous record: $4.3 million stolen from Purolator Security Inc. in Chicago...
After breaking through a 4½-ft.-thick wall into the strong room, the thieves used their jacks to move a five-ton safe that stood in their way. Then, with their six torches, they attacked the strongroom safes. Among the spoils they found were the entire weekend receipts from Nice's biggest department stores and the bank's ready cash for the following week. In the safe deposit boxes they discovered the items that might be expected on the French Riviera: gold, silver, jewelry, bonds, rare stamps and paintings. At least one box contained a portfolio...
Close Look. Earlier in the week scientists had been reasonably confident that the first alternative site, about 500 miles northwest of the original touchdown area, would prove safe for landing. Pictures from Viking's camera -which can "see" details down to the size of a football field each time the orbiter swoops to within 1,000 miles of Chryse-showed what seemed to be a relatively smooth area between two heavily cratered strips. It appeared to be less hazardous than the original site, which is crisscrossed by crevasses and steep escarpments that could swallow the lander or cause...
...vaccine and originally a supporter of Ford's program, reversed himself and said that unless there is an actual outbreak, the vaccinations should be limited to "high-risk" people, notably the aged and chronically ill. A rival polio-vaccine pioneer, Dr. Jonas Salk, disagrees. Describing the vaccine as safe, he pointed out that even a partial immunization program reduces the spread of the virus by closing what he calls the immunity gap. Said he: "Vaccine is the most useful tool we have for preventing viral disease...
Instead, these scientists have decided to rig the contest in their favor by changing the ground rules of discussion. They cite the stringency of their own precautions. They tell you that the p-3 facility is safe for all levels of the work they plan to pursue. But, as Richard C. Lewontin '50, professor of Biology, warned last week, we shouldn't be surprised if some overly ambitious scientists does experiments that should be classified p-4 in the p-3 facility. (p-4 work is very dangerous and needs a far more protective facility, like that used in biological...