Word: seismographs
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...avoid a melodramatic tone in recounting this story. Professor L. Don Leet thinks that the great detection dispute which separated American and Soviet negotiators in January, 1949 (and has kept them apart since), was based on scientifically invalid information. The man who has been in charge of the University seismograph station since 1931 is convinced that the Berkner panel report which insisted that the U.S. raise its inspection demands just when treaty plans had been settled, was simply dead wrong...
...Canaveral carrying an Agena B as its second stage. On the nose of the Agena perched Ranger III, a 727-lb., $7,000,000 marvel of precision and ingenuity that U.S. spacemen hoped last week would send back closeup TV pictures of the moon, and land a small, tough seismograph on the lunar surface...
Anka is a devoted admirer of Elvis Presley, but onstage his style consciously avoids imitation of the master. Planting his mitey (5 ft. 4 in., 135 lbs.) frame firmly on the boards, he neither rocks nor rolls, and his pelvis is so steady that it could house a seismograph. "I go out there to comfort the people," he says. His ministrations are weakest when he is doing old standards like Stardust or his gasping version of Hello Voting Lovers. But his fans are really there to hear Anka sing Anka, and he always scores with Diana, You Are My, Destiny...
...much bigger and better variety of nuclear warheads than the Soviets. The Soviets can only close that gap by continuing with secret tests while U.S. tests stand suspended. Central Russia has plenty of underground salt mines where nuclear explosions would make hardly a quiver on a far-off seismograph. And at least one top U.S. official says that the West has lately recorded some "pretty big bangs" inside the U.S.S.R.-although whether they were of nuclear nature remains open to question...
...oversimplification. But in happier moments (notably in press conferences and informal question-and-answer sessions), he impressed the experts with his detailed knowledge, eloquence and deft uptake. As the campaign surged into high gear, Kennedy left a jet stream of issues behind him (see box), along with the jagged seismograph of his public image. Getting into the swing of it, he proved that he can be as tough, skillful and attractive as any other candidate currently on the stump-and worthy of Dick Nixon's wariest respect...