Word: vacuumed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...large part of Asia within the arc of their nuclear capability. One of the countries sure to be pinpointed on Chinese plotting maps is Japan, which, ironically, continues to supply Chinese buyers with the sophisticated technology that Peking needs for missilery, as in the recent sale of a vacuum furnace and rolling mill for titanium and tantalum rocket metals. Though Japan nominally subscribes to the Western list of goods forbidden for sale to the Communists, the lure of profits with the mainland has proved too great. Japan, in fact, has no investigative and inspection staff for checking on sales...
...defensive lineman can't beat a blocker with finesse, there is always brutality. A favorite trick is the "vacuum pop"-clapping his hands over the earholes of an offensive player's helmet. Another is the karate chop, delivered with a beefy forearm encased in layers of tape. "You try not to let it get too personal," says Defensive End Sam Williams of the Atlanta Falcons. "But what the up-front struggle really amounts to is an angry, private little war between two people...
...viruses and bacteria, NASA will not allow the astronauts to open the Apollo hatch until a plastic tunnel has been extended to the spacecraft from a 35-ft., hermetically sealed van placed near by on the carrier deck. Carrying 50 Ibs. of lunar rock and soil samples in steel vacuum cases, they will walk through the tunnel into the van. There, in the company of a doctor and an engineer, they will be completely isolated from the outside world. When the carrier reaches a U.S. port, the van will be flown intact to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Only...
...Mice & Men. Scientists chosen to examine the lunar samples will have more freedom. Protected by an ingenious "biological barrier"-a system of vacuum chambers, pneumatic transfer tubes, decontamination locks and "glove boxes"-they will be able to enter and leave their area of the LRL during the quarantine period, examining the lunar material without ever coming in direct contact with it or the astronauts. The samples, maintained in a constant vacuum to protect them from terrestrial contamination, will be analyzed in LRL biology, chemistry, mass-spectrometer and gamma-ray spectroscopy labs. Tiny amounts of moon material will be injected into...
...levers and whirling spherical typeheads of IBM electric typewriters; it clarifies the complexities of a jukebox and explains the coin tester that automatically rejects slugs by weighing, measuring and magnetically testing the metallic makeup of every coin that drops into the slot. It not only describes how a home vacuum cleaner functions but also spells out the difference between less expensive and higher-quality machines...