| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: intersection with the main road, Broadway. Personnel not essential to
postshot activities were transferred from the west and south shelters
to the Base Camp, about 16 kilometers southwest of ground zero.
Personnel at the north shelter were evacuated when a sudden rise in
radiation levels was detected; it was later learned that the
instrument had not been accurately calibrated and levels had not
increased as much as the instrument indicated. Specially designated
groups conducted onsite and offsite radiological surveys.
Safety Standards and Procedures
The safety criteria established for Project TRINITY were based on
calculations of the anticipated dangers from blast pressure, thermal
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: the Pel. war--"or by despotic rules"--Jason of Pherae ("Hell."
VI.) Al. "wars waged by free states against free states, and wars
waged by tyrants against enslaved peoples."
[11] Does {o en tais polesi} = "the citizen"? So some commentators; or
(sub. {polemos}) = "the war among states" (see Hartman, op. cit.
p. 248)? in which case transl. "all the hardships involved in
international war come home to the tyrant also." The same
obscurity attaches to {oi en tais polesi} below (the commonly
adopted emend. of the MS. {oi sunontes polesi} = "the citizens,"
or else = "international wars."
[12] "The pleasures incidental to warfare between states"; al. "the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: harmony with a finely modeled brow. A rosy tinge, suffusing her
cheeks like a cloud, brightened a face which was regular without being
insipid; for nature had given her, by some rare privilege, extreme
purity of form combined with strength of countenance. The nobility of
her life was manifest in the general expression of her person, which
might have served as a model for a type of trustfulness, or of
modesty. Her health, though brilliant, was not coarsely apparent; in
fact, her whole air was distinguished. Beneath the little gloves of a
light color it was easy to imagine her pretty hands. The arched and
slender feet were delicately shod in bronzed kid boots trimmed with a
brown silk fringe. Her blue sash holding at the waist a small flat
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