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Citation: "Examining red bread mold, in collaboration with Dr. E. L. Tatum, he discovered that the genes control the synthesis of vitamins and amino acids in the living cell, and thus he made possible further discoveries not only of the nature of the genes but of principles in biochemistry and bacteriology...
Springing the prisoner is no more trouble than Hollywood usually finds it. Clark and a couple of pals simply sail up the Pearl River to Canton, sneak ashore, knock two or three Red guards on the head, open the door of precisely the right cell, and escape to freedom with the Reds chasing foolishly after them. Displaying scarcely more hesitation than a plump matron deciding between a chocolate eclair and a napoleon, Susan lets her husband -who seems glad to get away - fly back to the States, and chooses Clark as her soul mate. Their final clinch halfway...
Primitive television systems used a "flying spot." A thin beam of light scanned the scene, and its reflected brightness as it crossed light and dark areas was turned by a photosensitive cell into an electrical signal. Changed back into light, the signal produced an image that bore a vague resemblance to the original scene...
High spot in the book is Bridgeman's record altitude try. Writes Bridgeman: "I have left the world . . . Every cell, fluid, muscle of my body is acutely awake. Perception is enormously exaggerated- black is blacker, white is whiter. Silence is more acute . . . Fear seems to be independent, a ghost sitting on my shoulder . . . Time is now. Nothing but this experience is significant ... It is intensely bright outside . . . There seems to be no reflection; it is all black or white, apparent or nonapparent. No half-tones ... I roll to the right and there it is. Out of the tiny window...
Santo Caminito was thrown into a bedless cell. His family and a lawyer retained by relatives were denied permission to see him. Relays of detectives questioned him for 27 hours, giving him almost no rest. To show Caminito how hopeless his cause was, the police worked a trick: a male detective and two women from the pickpocket squad, posing as witnesses to the crime, confronted Caminito and pretended to identify him as the driver of the getaway car. Caminito finally signed a confession (he later signed a second one) and was duly sentenced to life in prison after the confessions...