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...tries the door. It is locked and batterproof. It appears that he will surely die. But he quickly wraps a shaving-cream bomb in a towel, wedges it against the door, sprinkles it with after-shave lotion, and touches the flame of a cigarette lighter to this ingenious subnuclear device. The blazing lotion heats the shaving cream until it explodes volcanically, and Napoleon Solo-the man in the shower-staggers out into his hotel room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Man Inside the Man from U.N.C.LE. | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

Mesons are subnuclear particles formed when cosmic rays from outer space hit the atmosphere. In mass, mesons are intermediate between electrons and protons. In charge, they can be either positive or negative. The positive mesons disintegrate after a millionth of a second or so, turning mostly into energy (a gamma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mighty Mesons | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

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