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Matching wits with the Unabomber

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The FBI dispatched an elite bomb squad to defuse a live bomb left by suspected Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski at his cabin in Montana. The bomb disposal team, composed of Vic Poisson, Chris Cherry and Rod Owenby, managed to dismantle the bomb without destroying forensic evidence.

Author: Vizard, Frank
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1998
Methods, Management, Cases, Bomb squads, Explosive ordnance disposal, Kaczynski, Theodore, Mail bombings

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Movies plus photos

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Sharp has developed the portable VL-DX10 camcorder-still camera that uses digital cassettes to play movies and whose still photos are comparable to those of other digital cameras. It costs $3,400, which is rather expensive considering that its LCD screen cannot handle glare.

Author: Vizard, Frank
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1998
Product introduction, Product Announcement, Camcorders, Sharp

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Raising the Kursk

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The threat of nuclear pollution has forced the Russian navy to plan a lifting of the sunken nuclear-powered submarine from the Barents Sea.

Author: Vizard, Frank
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 2001
Environmental aspects, Russia, Accidents, Nuclear submarines

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