The AccidentThe death of a scientist during an experiment at Los Alamos sets off a search to determine the cause of the accident. Based on an actual case. |
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... talk this way , don't have to talk at all for that matter . " " You're a cold fish , " Pederson said , " you're about the coldest fish I ever saw . You talk about your friend Louis , you've known him fourteen years , and you sit here ...
... talk this way , don't have to talk at all for that matter . " " You're a cold fish , " Pederson said , " you're about the coldest fish I ever saw . You talk about your friend Louis , you've known him fourteen years , and you sit here ...
Page 232
... talk rose and fell , and ex- panded and receded again . Under the talk or off to one side , the music from the radio , a worn little cabinet , was a steady , un- noticed flow which broke now and then ; and the talk stopped , and ...
... talk rose and fell , and ex- panded and receded again . Under the talk or off to one side , the music from the radio , a worn little cabinet , was a steady , un- noticed flow which broke now and then ; and the talk stopped , and ...
Page 237
... talk was the talk of all farewells and reunions , intuitive , over - eager , abrupt in its shiftings , full of sudden silences . " Do you remember- " said Mr Biscanti . " Yes , and then— ” Louis would say , interrupting to recall a ...
... talk was the talk of all farewells and reunions , intuitive , over - eager , abrupt in its shiftings , full of sudden silences . " Do you remember- " said Mr Biscanti . " Yes , and then— ” Louis would say , interrupting to recall a ...
Contents
a glow in the canyon | 3 |
of the mind and heart | 28 |
the illimitable ocean | 87 |
Copyright | |
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