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...material for the gun barrel (plutonium or uranium), which is extremely heavy, weighing about half again as much as lead (50 Ibs. would be about the size of a softball). Beware of any article extremely heavy for its size, since fissionable material may be disguised by a coating of plastic...
...unending onslaught of bigger and better devices for the Good Life has added to his wares such items as electric pencil sharpeners and hair-scratching devices. And on occasion, he may even sell a Modern Magic water closet, a miniature reducing machine or even a toothbrush with a plastic handle to hold the paste. Even now his display case bulges to twice his size, and the New Devices spell a certain doom...
...Healer. A plastic adhesive bandage impregnated with streptomycin, polymyxin and bacitracin is being test-marketed by Multibiotics Corp. of Baltimore. Called "Bio-Band," the bandage has been approved by the Food & Drug Administration for over-the-counter sale, is the first bandage treated with wonder drugs available without a prescription...
...Many [students] have devised ingenious flame throwers, and others carry plastic water pistols loaded with searing or blinding chemical solutions. One resourceful youngster joined the National Guard, lying about his age, for the sole purpose of stealing a submachine...
...have recently issued a booklet defending the company's position. Says Fleck: "Private enterprise has . . . enabled our organization to grow in a way which is vigorous, resilient, progressive and effective." He points to the fact that I.C.I, spends $10 million a year on research alone, has upped postwar plastic production 210%, and already has spent almost $400 million for new capital construction in the United Kingdom since 1945. With their new program, Fleck and I.C.I, hope to show that monopoly can keep on growing and still stay healthy enough to do the job Britain expects of its chemical industry...