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When Dr. Benjamin Spock published his Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care back in 1946, Mary Morgan was eight years of age, just about old enough to benefit from Speck's amiable counsel on her entire generation. Three decades later, Mary Morgan Councille is an organizer of conferences, a divorcee and, as of last week, the second Mrs. Spock. The recently divorced doctor, now 73 and a vice-presidential candidate for the microscopic People's Party, met his bride last year while participating in one of her conferences on "the use and abuse of power." That...
...group also has an option on another ten acres next to the Carter warehouse. Moreover, Clements said, Mrs. Spann stands to "get a percentage of everything we sell over the original half acre." It was a disagreeable bit of business for Jimmy, but hardly more than a tiny speck of mud on the wheels of the rolling bandwagon...
...speck of sand that agitates long enough to produce a fine pearl...
Fearsome Fuel Another byproduct of reactors is plutonium, which can also be used as nuclear fuel. But long-lived plutonium is deadly to man and must be handled carefully. A tiny speck in the lungs, for example, can cause cancer. More important, plutonium is the prime ingredient of atomic bombs; as little as 22 lbs. is all that is required for a crude fission bomb with the explosive force of 100 tons of TNT. Thus the material must be safeguarded so as not to fall into the hands of terrorists or blackmailers - and this requires tight security regulations. Nader...
Charles Manson and Richard Speck can be protected forever, but God help the sick and the children...