Word: detectably
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...tried for the murder of a native, and barely escaped a long prison term. Back in Sydney to cool off (and to take treatment for a virulent dose of gonorrhea), Errol got a job as a bottle smeller for a soft-drink company, i.e., he sniffed empty bottles to detect kerosene, etc., to discover which bottles needed special washing. Later he was the gigolo of a wealthy middle-aged woman who "woke my understanding of the possible wonder and diversity of the female form." One night, tired of his work, Errol skipped out with all her jewels...
...system for monitoring nuclear bomb tests based on a network of 180 control stations. The U.S. has been regretting the offer ever since. Only two months later, U.S. scientists exploded a small nuclear device beneath a mesa in Nevada, which proved that such explosions were far harder to detect than the U.S. had supposed. Difficulty is that the Russians have embraced the 180-station system as if they had thought of it themselves. For months they refused even to listen to the U.S.'s new evidence. And then, when they finally consented, they listened in stony disapproval. Last week...