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...missile along at 1,500 m.p.h.. give it a range of 250 miles v. 50 miles for Nike Hercules antiaircraft missiles. Once launched from a trailer-like "transporter-erector," an electronic guidance system flies the Bomarc, seeks out the enemy formation until it gets close enough to trigger a high-explosive, or nuclear, warhead. Boeing has been working on an answer to high-flying atomic bombers ever since the first 6-52 designs took shape in the late '40s. The first Bomarc was flown in 1952, has since been perfected in dozens of tests against high-flying drones...
...Revolution's aftermath, finds herself marooned on a Caspian isle with a handsome Czarist officer. Peeling off their wet clothing after their swim to shore, the ill-starred couple falls head-over-Hegel in love. Inevitably, however, when a boat heaves up to rescue the decadent nobleman, the trigger-happy lady sadly perceives her Marxist duty, hauls out her gun and chalks up her beloved as The Forty-First...
...growing dissatisfaction of the Russian people with their "slow progress towards a better life." A second fear of the Russian rulers, he added was that the "stalemate of terror" produced by exclusive U.S. and Soviet possession of atomic weapons had ended, and that a smaller nation might get "trigger-happy...
Such domination by Nasser would trigger a great demand for nationalization of the oil industry and create "absolute chaos," Schwadran claimed. He speculated that this chaos would, at least, cut off the oil supply for a considerable period and, at most, might lead to World...
...stronger: picking up a sawed-off shotgun from the front seat of the car, he worked frantically with the safety catch, released it just as Hassett began to fire through the rear window into the car. The Rev. Mr. Gingery pointed the shotgun at the window and pulled the trigger again and again...