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...breaking out in a rash of cryptic signs: "KOVD." The letters were stenciled in red on Loop sidewalks. They flowered 10,000 feet overhead in sky writing and billboards showed them painted on a giant boxing glove. The city's Health Department was getting a message to Chicagoans: KNOCK OUT VENEREAL DISEASE...
...thousands of miles above the surface. Other prominences appear out of nowhere, high above the surface, and seem to fall like water from a hose. Some of the material in prominences and other solar disturbances may be blown as far as the earth, causing the electrical storms that knock radios haywire...
...example, the experts were asked how much radiation a man could stand over a few hours without showing symptoms of illness. The answers ranged from 25 roentgens (the standard measure of X-ray dosage) to 1,000. Another question was how much radiation would be needed to knock out of combat 90% of exposed persons within a few hours; answers varied from 100 roentgens...
...still somewhat breathless about the possibilities. His shielding system was used, and is still being used, on innumerable airplanes, tanks and other radio-equipped vehicles. After winning his suit against the hard-to-sue Government, Crook thinks it will be easy to knock off airplane manufacturers and other unauthorized users. After that, he will try to prove that many important electrical devices, such as the coaxial cable, grew out of his patent. If he proves these points, the millions (about $5,000,000 from the Government, he figures) will shower down. "A reasonable settlement will have to be made," says...
Test Case. In Renton, Wash., explaining that he did not want to knock at a neighbor's door to see if his brother and sister were inside, Roy M. Redfield, 18, admitted setting fire to the barn "so I could tell when everyone...