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...inside of three closet doors, he set up others. He fastened deadly cyanide bombs (used thereabouts to kill coyotes) in such a way that they would spurt gas into the face of anyone who opened the doors. Mrs. Hord painted signs (including one adorned with skull and crossbones) on the fence and the heavy wooden win dow coverings, with the warning: DANGER. EXPLOSIVES SET TO KILL - KEEP...
...local show that, if aired nationally, might outdraw Dragnet. The private eye, hired by an angry husband to get the goods on his playful wife, was tuned to the goings-on in a nearby room, as relayed by a TV camera installed behind a oneway mirror in a closet door. Occasionally he snapped a photograph of the television picture. It was strictly routine; twice before his agency had used peeping TV in divorce actions, both times had got evidence enough for out-of-court settlements...
Within the class rooms, chairs would be equipped with lights which flashed on when the assigned seat was occupied. With this double check those who might have hidden under their bed or in the closet would be caught and promptly disciplined. Nobody would suffer; the lecturers could be guaranteed a peak audience and proper acoustics. But most important of all, the University could take pride in stopping the serpent-tongued cutting habit before it could start...
...boring a 3,500-ft. river-diversion tunnel, blasting a huge underground powerhouse from the bowels of a mountain. The air was blue with humidity; the sides of the cavern dripped water; every so often, a chunk of rock broke loose, came crashing down like a thunderbolt in a closet. The men knew that they might catch amoebic dysentery, malaria, or many another crippling tropical disease, that it would rain every day, that they would not see their families for months...
Animals on the Mantel. The apartment where Artist Statsinger conducts her own explorations, near Chicago's crime-blighted Midway, is painted dead white. The low, simple furniture is her own handiwork, and her clothes closet is crammed with carpentry tools. Ranged along the hearth and mantel are geometric little "animals" which she makes of papier-mãché and wire for relaxation...