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...days ago government troops waded neck-deep through muddy waters to close in on Gyi's hideaway hut. The rebel leader was getting ready for dinner; the troops heard him urging his cook to hurry with a duck curry. The government men called on the rebel to surrender. Gyi answered with a blast from a U.S. carbine. When the gun battle was over, the Karen chief lay dying with bullets in his head and chest. "A drop of water," he begged of his captors. "There's no water here, sir," replied a government officer politely. A few minutes...
...those directly under an air burst there may be no warning; there is nothing they can do, anyhow. But if the bomb bursts a mile or more away, it gives its own warning: the 100-sun glare of the fire ball. Then, says AEC, don't look-duck. If you are in the open, drop to the ground and curl up so as to cover your arms and hands, face and neck as much as possible. Even paper or cloth will cut down flash burns; stepping into a shadow may reduce heat radiation below the danger point...
...Gamma radiation travels with the speed of light and is gone instantly. Heat radiation lasts as long as three seconds (which may be time enough to duck into a doorway or sprint a couple of steps around a corner). The blast or shock wave races a mile in five seconds. After an air burst, stay where you are for at least a minute, and watch out for falling debris. After an underwater burst, the danger from radioactive mist may last for several hours...
Furuhashi's father, in a wrinkled duck suit, panama hat and toothy grin, was exuberant over his son's triumphs but pessimistic about the meet as a whole. "America-san [Mister America] however very strong," he murmured. As it developed, he was right: the U.S. team swept the back- and breaststroke events, won the meet...
Ever White. Southwest from Paektu along the Manchurian border flows the Yalu River, blue-green with melted snow and ice from its mountain source, and known to Koreans as the Am Nok (Green Duck). Springing northeast from Paektu, the cold Tumen River separates Korea from eastern Manchuria and Siberia. On the Yalu and along the swift-flowing tributaries of the Tumen stand the Japanese-built hydroelectric plants which, until the power lines were cut by the Communists at the 38th parallel, provided 90% of the electricity used in all Korea...