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...went to the sporting-goods counter and said I would like to buy a 9-mm pistol. "You want that Glock?" the salesman asked, recognizing my voice. He took out the display gun, which had a locked trigger, and gave it to me. "Here you are, Model 17. They make a Model 19 also." Another customer, who turned out to be a grocery-store manager, spoke up. "That's a popular gun right now. They're real popular with the kids -- high school kids. They buy them off the streets. They tell...
Technically speaking, the process of decommissioning nukes is not very complicated -- and in fact some 40,000 of the 60,000 weapons built since 1945 have already been retired, mostly because of obsolescence. After deactivation of their electronic triggers, the warheads are loaded back into their original, customized packing crates and, if overseas, flown back to the U.S. Under heavy guard, they are then shipped to Pantex by truck or train, along routes that are constantly changed and always kept secret. The most sensitive part of disassembly comes not in handling the uranium and highly toxic plutonium, which are shielded...
Halcion acts on the brain's limbic system, which plays a major role in the genesis of sleep and the emotions. Because it lasts in the body only a matter of hours, it can trigger a boomerang effect, unleashing the very anxiety it was meant to tame. Adverse reactions become more common the higher the dose. Doses of as much as 1.0 mg were once prescribed in Europe, but the recommended dose is now only 0.25 mg. In most cases where Halcion has allegedly been linked to violent behavior, the people took more than is deemed safe, had been drinking...
...missiles eliminated under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which were going to be destroyed over the next seven years, might as well be deactivated now as a sign of good faith. Multiple Impact Re-entry Vehicle missiles (MIRVs), destabilizing because of their first-strike vulnerability and likely hair-trigger use, are also excellent choices for termination...
...fatherhood by artificial insemination, which puts what sperm they have directly into the cervix, or by microinjection, which puts a single sperm right into the egg. And for couples with sperm-allergy problems, a procedure known as sperm washing strips the sperm of some of the chemical antigens that trigger the allergic reaction...