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Word: thunderbolts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...energy. And Zeus is dangerous, a fact well known to every one of the electricians who swarm over it. The least of Zeus's bolts could burn them to a crisp. When Dr. Tom Putnam, physicist in charge, gets ready to ask Zeus to hurl a trial thunderbolt, he takes elaborate precautions. First he locks the monster in its room. Then he starts the "permissive chain" on the control board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sudden Zeus | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

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