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...Drill. Some thieves use a tiny, battery-powered electric drill concealed in their sleeves, make a little hole in the machine (see cut), insert a wire into the works, and by careful manipulation "walk" the reels until they stop at the jackpot position. But since freshly drilled holes are too easily detected, other jackpotters have fashioned keys with which they can unlock machines and stop the reels by hand. A first-class crook can walk the reels, hit the jackpot in 30 seconds flat and, before the change girl appears, slip his small tools to an accomplice, who ambles away...
...plains rest oil deposits that promise at least the possibility of Argentine self-sufficiency. Already 1,952 wells are pumping, but oilmen say there are major untapped pools underground. Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) has 1,184,000 acres in promising country north of the Limay River, will soon drill its first well, has begun work on a 14-in. pipeline to Bahia Blanca...
...melt them to irrigate Southern California. But in science the impractical can turn practical overnight with a little cash behind it. In Scientific American this week, Geologist Willard Bascom published the first full report of a onetime AMSOC daydream, which is now backed by the National Science Foundation: to drill a hole right down through the earth's crust to its hidden interior...
Ultrasonic machines are used for hospital and industrial cleaning and degreasing. They can join metals previously impossible to weld or solder, drill square and other odd-shaped holes in brittle materials, such as germanium and glass. They will measure any liquid, including exotic jet fuels, and liquid oxygen in rockets. The aircraft, electronic and missile makers have been a major spur to the growth of ultrasonics. Before the development of ultrasonic cleaners, jet-engine nozzles and oil filters had to be thrown away when dirty. Now imbedded residue can be removed in minutes through the use of sound energy...
...sitting on the floor. These are minor matters, but they indicate that the nicely calibrated judgment and control that Mr. Aaron exercised over Six Characters is missing here. Some of his bits of business and blocking are just right, but some are slightly uncomfortable. And he has failed to drill his actors successfully in the cultivation of the impeccable English accents that are necessary in a comedy of English manners...