Word: units
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Microlert is a tiny radio transmitter, about the size of a cigarette lighter, that is worn around the neck. When this battery-powered pendant is squeezed in an emergency, it sends out a signal that from as far away as 300 feet (92 meters) triggers into action a larger unit containing a tape cassette and player. Plugged into a telephone jack, the device automatically dials a series of preprogrammed numbers-an ambulance service, say, then a doctor's office-and sounds the appropriate taped message for each. Samples: "There is a medical emergency at the home of John Smith...
...Although some heat is thereby lost, in many stoves the doors can be temporarily folded back, leaving a clear view of the dancing flames-as in a fireplace. A compromise between the Franklin and the open hearth is a heat-efficient device called the Thermograte, a tubular convection unit that can be inserted in the fireplace, enclosed with a glass front and boosted with a blower...
...filling her recipe for winning basketball, Kleinfelder has amassed a group of five newcomers and six returning letter winners, and her most abundant ingredient is talent. But the big question is how the unit will stand up in this year's stiffer competition...
Katherine Fulton returns as captain and the lone senior on a very young team, and she said this year's team is, as a whole, stronger than last year's unit. "The question is, have we improved enough," she said...
...safest places Sadat might have found was Israel. Four Israeli Kfir fighters escorted the presidential plane to Ben Gurion Airport, which was closed to all other traffic. In Jerusalem, 10,000 policemen were on guard, as well as 2,000 security agents and a special antiterrorist commando unit of the Israel Defense Force. The 1,500-member border police was fully mobilized, and units were stationed at key points