Word: detectors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hoffa, a claim that aroused the bitter skepticism of none other than his foster brother, James P. Hoffa. The two had never got along, their differences beginning with boyhood rivalries for Hoffa's affections. When O'Brien reappeared, young Hoffa insisted that he undergo a lie-detector exam, saying: "I demand, I demand, I demand that you take the test." But O'Brien's lawyer urged him not to undergo testing because the process was too "inaccurate...
...break you'll have to settle for this superb, incredibly funny film. Channel 2 has started showing Monty Python TV episodes and they've been phenomenally successful in the ratings, outdrawing even "Upstairs, Downstairs," so it looks like Dennis Moore and Mr. Verity and the Man From The Cat Detector Van will be around for a long time. If you haven't seen this movie yet, take advantage of its timely showing at the Harvard Square. Or if you must, go to see Take the Money and Run on the same bill--you remember, that's the one where Woody...
...airport searches are not objectionable only because of horror-story arrests that result from them. A passenger whose luggage is X-rayed or opened, and who must either submit to a search of his person or walk through a metal detector, should be as outraged as a passenger dragged off to jail for having a joint in his toilet...
...money. He describes the CIA method of snaring an agent: "You start out by giving him money for his organization?lots of it?knowing that he will eventually take some for himself. When he gets dependent on it, you move in." Once hooked, the recruit is given a lie detector test to discover his weaknesses. Continues Agee: "Then it all hangs out. He can go on serving you as a spy for the rest of his life...
Walker Fillius, whose detector picked up electrons at a rate of 13 million per sec.-more than enough to penetrate several inches of steel: "We were biting our nails to see if the spacecraft would survive-and it did, just by a hair...