Word: weaponed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Neutron activation analysis functions best as a reverse application of the common fingerprint technique-instead of gathering evidence a criminal leaves at the scene of his crime, it permits examination of evidence that the scene (or the weapon) leaves on the criminal. It can serve as an omniscient monitor of the most carefully planned alibis...
Rafferty's main campaign weapon was his prose style-a rococo Winchellese that might draw some stern blue-penciling from any sophomore composition teacher, but nonetheless put over his ideas with plenty of punch. Just in time for the campaign, he published a collection of his articles entitled Suffer, Little Children...
...also reflect a sharp difference of opinion within the S.A.O. itself. The S.A.O. leadership is largely composed of French-born ex-officers and extreme right-wing politicians to whom Algeria is only a weapon in their attempt to oust De Gaulle and capture power in France. The bulk of the S.A.O. rank-and-file sympathizers, however, are pieds-noirs who have always hoped somehow to remain in Algeria. Apparently they are finally recognizing that their hope can be realized only through a deal with the F.L.N...
...tests will also demonstrate the electrical effects of high-altitude blasts. When a nuclear weapon explodes in the thin air more than ten miles above the earth, it creates vast numbers of long-lasting free electrons. If they are numerous enough, the electrons can absorb and reflect many kinds of radio waves. The AEC estimates that a one-megaton weapon bursting at a 50-mile altitude will disrupt high-frequency radio waves (the most useful kind for long-distance communication) for 600 miles around...
...cadet branch of the county's first families (the Edmondses and McCaslins), but its proud chauffeur is Boon Hogganbeck, the childlike, "tough, faithful, brave and completely unreliable" part Indian who be came famous in The Bear for not being able to hit anything with a shotgun, rifle or weapon of any kind...