Word: tampere
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Part of the weight was "low-order" (chemical) explosive to detonate the bomb by driving together its subcritical masses of uranium. Another part was the "tamper"-a casing of metal whose inertia kept the exploding bomb from expanding too rapidly, i.e., before the nuclear explosive had time to react...
...instance, might keep a large mass of uranium from exploding prematurely. When it is suddenly removed, the uranium would start reacting. Such a device would reduce or eliminate entirely the low-order explosive. Also, it may have been possible to speed up the nuclear reaction, thus making the tamper less necessary. Atomic bombs, like other bombs, will always weigh more than their explosive hearts, but presumably they need not weigh nearly 400 times as much...
...trustees hope that before this fund runs out the 20 percent amusement tax will be repealed. When this happns the cost of tickets will remain the same but the orchestra will benefit. Meanwhile the trustees pride themselves on never having to tamper with a program with an eye to the gate. Symphony Hall is always full. And at a time when orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony have folded, the Boston Symphony carries on, and manages to present three expensive summer features on top of its heavy winter schedule...
Soon after they took office, the Social Crediters tried to get started on their currency reform plans, which were to pay off $25-a-month government "dividends" to all adults. In 1937 the Dominion government stepped in, ruled that a province had no right to tamper with the banking system, and the Social Credit payoff never got out of the dream stage. When Bill Aberhart died in 1943, Social Credit's House membership had dropped...