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Every year, some 1,300 people in the U.S. die by accidental electrocution. But electricity in quantity is not nearly so deadly as most people suppose. Two-thirds of those electrified by potentially lethal currents survive the shock. In fact, the stronger the shock, the better the chance of survival: 40,000 volts or more are only about one-third as lethal as lower voltages...
...human being's vulnerability to electric shock is determined largely by skin resistance. Water reduces skin resistance more than a hundredfold. About the most dangerous possible electric shock is one from an ordinary, Go-cycle A.C. house circuit, received by anybody with wet hands or feet. Even at only 100 volts, it means certain death...
...Bretton Woods was a shock to those who are cynical about the possibilities of international cooperation. It was also full of surprises. Examples...
...Shock Absorber No. 1. The quotas put into the Fund by the 15 biggest members...
...Fund, in effect, is merely a shock absorber. It can neither make rough roads smooth nor compensate for reckless driv ing. None of the delegates at Bretton Woods believed that it would solve the problem of getting payment for U.S. goods if the U.S. tries to export goods while it blocks imports by high tariffs. But believing that the roads are certain to be rough, the delegates felt there was all the more need for shock absorbers-to save the whole world from being jarred by every thank-you-ma'am that each nation hits...