Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sensitivity of the technique extends to one-billionth of a gram. It is a marvel at detecting the presence of poison, easily spotting a thimbleful dissolved in ten tank cars of water. Neutron analysis can get along with specimens far smaller than those needed for conventional chemical analysis: a fragment of lint, a strand of hair, a fleck of paint will suffice. Happily, the radioactivity caused by the neutrons soon dies down, and once studied, the evidence can safely be brought into a courtroom...
...Into a plastic tank the budding ichthyologist pours tepid tap water. Into the tap water he drops tiny fish eggs. Twenty minutes to two days later, pop! pop! pop! -instant fish, tastefully colored red, yellow, blue. They are an African variety, the eggs of which survive even when dried out during droughts, and hatch when the rains come. What do they eat? Instant shrimp, of course. Into a separate small tank in the aquarium goes salt water, and into the salt water goes a powder that turns into hundreds of tiny shrimps (a magnifying glass is included). By the time...
...twelve men crouching behind the tank were cut down. A Venezuelan navy chaplain stepped into the street and walked from body to body calling "Hijo, hijo" (Son, son) until he found one badly wounded soldier still alive. He tried to lift the wounded man, and a burst of machine-gun fire spattered at his feet. The wounded man started crawling out of the line of fire, and the rebels finished...
...worse. Twelve hours later, the doctors gave him a second high-pressure treatment. After that, as his muscles relaxed and his arched back straightened, Douma was clearly on the mend. Just five days after entering the hospital, and little more than three days after his first tank treatment, Douma spoke for the first time. His lockjaw had eased enough for him to swallow water and milk, and he seemed well on the way to recovery...
...astronaut moves the stick, steam blasts through selected jets to give the capsule the desired turning motion. Once it starts turning in frictionless space, it continues to turn, and it cannot be stopped without using more peroxide. Vigorous use of the manual system will quickly empty its fuel tank...