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...with Molotov his actual relationship with Lenin. But the archives of Leninism still held their verdict. In a letter commenting on Molotov's work, the exiled Lenin wrote: "We have received a stupid letter from the editorial board [i.e., Molotov]. We will not reply. They must be got rid of . . ." Lenin's last word on Molotov: "An incurable dumbbell...
Scott McLeod's job was an ugly, thankless one to begin with, and he was bound to stir up enemies. As Dulles' top security officer, it was his duty to rid the department of the soft-on-Communism reputation that had built up during the Acheson regime. But by plunging in with McCarthy-like zeal, McLeod alienated good guys and bad guys alike. Moreover, he seemed to be in some initial doubt about whether his primary loyalty was to Secretary Dulles or to State's critics in Congress. The matter came to a head when McLeod, going...
...showing Webster how the Doctor had gotten him his professorship, and threatening to remove him from it. In a fit of anger at this, Webster picked up a wooden club and hit Parkman once on the head. He died immediately, and Webster saw that he would have to get rid of the body quickly. Until his death, however, he maintained that his crime was unpremeditated. He was executed by hanging in August 1850, thus closing what is often termed "America's classic murder...
...task of the Naval Research Laboratory was to find a surface for the satellite that 1) does not absorb much solar energy, and 2) gets rid of the energy that it does absorb without becoming too hot. When the satellites came from their manufacturer, Brooks & Perkins, Inc. of Detroit, they were thin-skinned magnesium spheres plated with gold. Aluminum is better for reflecting sunlight, but since aluminum will not stick to gold, the gold had to be covered with a thin film of chromium. Aluminum will stick to chromium, but it also mixes with it and loses part...
...dreading bubbles, why not put them to use? After all, the blood could be made to "film" around bubbles. He took the revolutionary step of pumping the patient's blood into a plastic cylinder and deliberately bubbling, almost foaming it, with a stream of oxygen. Then, to get rid of excess bubbles, he let the blood settle slowly in a slightly inclined cylinder and a helical reservoir, both coated on the inside with an antifoaming compound long used by brewers. The DeWall oxygenator, coupled to two standard commercially available pumps, won quick favor in many surgical centers...