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Jones said that Gai has an extremely sensitive neutron detector which would help them better understand the way the neutrons are emitted from the reactions. The latest studies indicate that the neutrons are emitted in sharp bursts, a phenomenon for which there is yet no explanation...
...telephoned the U.S. embassy in Santiago on March 2 seemed to understand that, as Alfred Hitchcock showed in The Birds, the most deep-seated fears are engendered when the benign suddenly turns menacing. The saboteur had no explosives to rig, no bomb-sniffing dogs to elude, no metal detector to foil -- only some fruit and a little poison. And that was more than enough. Just two little grapes were found to have been injected with cyanide -- not enough, it turns out, to give a toddler a stomachache -- and the country was thrown into a panic...
First there was the radar gun, and heavy-footed drivers were briefly slowed. Then came the radar detector -- a.k.a. Fuzzbuster -- and the battle of highway technology heated up. Police introduced K-band radar, which used higher- frequency signals to fool the Fuzzbusters, and "pulse" radar, which fired bursts too brief to be detected. But each new measure brought new countermeasures, including ever more sensitive detectors and systems that let speeders slow down without flashing telltale brake lights...
...same day, firefighters also had to respond to a false alarm at the Faculty Club, which is located next to the Union. Lt. Kenneth W. Clark reported that "smoke from fireplace activated the detector in the room...
...them 25 years ago to avoid being seen by co-workers. True, a clear screen keeps tourists from entering the assassin's lair, but the view of Dealey Plaza from accessible windows is about the same. One cannot, however, bring a rifle to check out the sights. A metal detector has been set up to spot gun toters...