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  • Antimatter creates no pollution or radiation, and a droplet could power New York City for a full day.†   (source)
  • Drugs, radiation, electroshock, surgery.†   (source)
  • As you can imagine, a material that can literally fry an egg with radiation is kind of dangerous.†   (source)
  • Radiation and fire consumed the city once and never let it go.†   (source)
  • I can almost see it, red radiation, wavering upwards like the shimmer above highway tarmac at noon.†   (source)
  • Is the radiation therapy making her tired?†   (source)
  • As we walked, the air of abandonment grew more and more disturbing, as if we were roaming some planet depopulated by radiation or disease.†   (source)
  • Nuclear missiles would release radiation into the atmosphere, with incalculable environmental results.†   (source)
  • More likely it was a reaction to the fierce ultraviolet radiation that had burned my retinas and baked my brain.†   (source)
  • Even small amounts of radiation can make people very sick, especially children.†   (source)
  • We'd better get that helmet off her ASAP, or the radiation will fry her brain.†   (source)
  • When the milk in Oregon is tainted by the radiation eruption of a Soviet nuclear reactor, we are forced to see our interdependence.†   (source)
  • Like radiation sickness?†   (source)
  • Or radiation.†   (source)
  • Hiro startles and actually jumps into the air as Vitaly Chernobyl and the Meltdowns launch into their opening number, "Radiation Burn."†   (source)
  • Widespread introduction of the process has thus far been impeded, however, by a reluctance among consumers to eat things that have been exposed to radiation.†   (source)
  • I Waves and Radiation .†   (source)
  • Global warming was the most commonly cited theory: the sun's radiation interfering with the birds natural navigation system.†   (source)
  • Still, I knew I was in for a brutal time, especially since the surgery needed to be followed by an extremely toxic regimen of chemotherapy and radiation.†   (source)
  • She wished she had something more reassuring to say, but there was no way to tell how much radiation was still in the atmosphere.†   (source)
  • Radiation lingers.†   (source)
  • Inside the imaging room, Sonja stood with the tech behind the radiation shield while I stood beside a listless Colton as the moving table slid him into a big, scary tube.†   (source)
  • That means there was nothing to stop the radiation from the cosmos.†   (source)
  • The field of chemistry plays a crucial role in developing medicines, radiation treatments for cancer patients, petroleum uses, the ozone—†   (source)
  • My neck was hot as radiation and my brain racing for excuses.†   (source)
  • Marburg virus (the gentle sister) affects humans somewhat like nuclear radiation, damaging virtually all of the tissues in their bodies.†   (source)
  • During the radiation she'd cut it very short, saying she didn't intend to waste another instant of her life being fashionable.†   (source)
  • Maybe it's the extra radiation soaking through my brain.†   (source)
  • We'll just travel around the globe like the navy in Nevil Shute's On the Beach, searching for survivors and waiting for the radiation cloud to cook us.†   (source)
  • Ten years later she died as a result of radiation from the bomb.†   (source)
  • The Red October Every two days the starpom collected the radiation badges.†   (source)
  • They didn't have a clear idea what radiation might do, so they tracked where the wind blew it, and what happened to those who came in contact with the fallout.†   (source)
  • It obviously wasn't functioning from the old GPS satellites—they'd all been destroyed in the radiation holocaust of the sun flares.†   (source)
  • A radiation cloud could cover multiple states within a few days.†   (source)
  • Mortenson, already well-versed in medicine, persuaded Dempsey's doctors to discontinue radiation, knowing his father's condition was terminal and determined that he should have a chance to enjoy what little time he had.†   (source)
  • I remembered, too, his hours exposed to radiation from the Old Koot, the ancient X-ray machine which, despite everyone's protests, he'd continued to use until Missing finally got a new machine.†   (source)
  • "We'll be living in damp caves, eating at the bottom of the food chain because everything with any flavor will be full of mercury or radiation or something!"†   (source)
  • He had two rounds of chemo and radiation, lost his hair and a lot of weight, so weak and sick he couldn't get out of bed.†   (source)
  • Take ozone: Up in the atmosphere, a layer of ozone protects us from the harmful ultraviolet radiation of our life-giving sun.†   (source)
  • It came upon me slowly, like that strange disease that affects those black men whom you see turning slowly from black to albino, their pigment disappearing as under the radiation of some cruel, invisible ray.†   (source)
  • In the wake of the gunshot's echo, the silence settling down through the house seemed as deadly as the invisible and weightless rain of atomic radiation in the sepulchral stillness following nuclear thunder.†   (source)
  • For one thing, the problem of determining how much is queen and how much queenly radiation.†   (source)
  • He was seeking the exact source of the radiations.†   (source)
  • It was one of Colorado's new towns, the towns that had grown like a radiation from the Wyatt oil fields.†   (source)
  • There was a big information desk behind which several women, probably nurses, were milling; signs pointed the way to the ICU, Radiation, Surgical Oncology, Pediatrics, and so on.†   (source)
  • He knew that the layer of suffocating flour could only block the gemstone's powerful radiations for a short time.†   (source)
  • If you caught damage from radiation—well, no geneticist but know something about radiation.†   (source)
  • Alan didn't want radiation, didn't want to go bald.†   (source)
  • It turns into a fireball that is only different from a nuclear weapon in that it doesn't release radiation.†   (source)
  • And the chemo and the radiation and the bone marrow transplants didn't do anything but make him sicker faster and with much more ferocity than before.†   (source)
  • Somehow, out in space, the light of the sun had been polarized by two crossed fields so that no radiation could pass.†   (source)
  • We wouldn't go outside the hull unless the radiation level's near to normal.†   (source)
  • On March 14, as an eyewitness described it, the Convention hall was "crowded …. electrified with fiery radiations, of men tingling with passion, and glowing and burning with the anticipation of revengeful battle.†   (source)
  • The deep lines in her face went into a fierce and different radiation.†   (source)
  • The radiation charged Chooka's nervous system with a low induction current.†   (source)
  • "If you have a thing about radiation, you don't have to use it," she said.†   (source)
  • "We've spent years trying to test radiation levels in other ways—you know that.†   (source)
  • The other Colonies are worse, though, the toxic dumps and the radiation spills.†   (source)
  • Instead, I spent the day taking drugs and playing with radiation.†   (source)
  • The radiation dose may be wrong, or aimed at the wrong anatomical area of the animal-†   (source)
  • Water molecule radiation frequency at 22,000 MHz†   (source)
  • People with electronic equipment appeared to be trying to detect radiation or toxic fallout.†   (source)
  • Secondly, the atmosphere protected life from the harmful cosmic radiation.†   (source)
  • Radiation has a habit of hanging around when certain scientists have assured us it has dissipated.†   (source)
  • Her doctors stopped the radiation treatment and seemed as defeated by the cancer as she was.†   (source)
  • The doctors have to wait until the radiation leaves her system before they can test her.†   (source)
  • With no magnetic field, Mars has no defense against harsh solar radiation.†   (source)
  • The real issue is the kind of radiation that surrounds us every day.†   (source)
  • "We're still not sure if the radiation levels are safe."†   (source)
  • His mother is done with chemo, and it's her last week of external radiation.†   (source)
  • Many forms of life will thrive with more UV radiation.†   (source)
  • At that point, the radiation seemed like nothing more than an inconvenience.†   (source)
  • The data included the frequency ranges of the radiation as well as other parameters.†   (source)
  • "You know about my parents' radiation research."†   (source)
  • But at any rate, this patient now has … acute Gonorrhea superimposed on radiation reaction.†   (source)
  • Next week, when we're home, she'll have her first internal radiation treatment.†   (source)
  • The radiation can't be increased or decreased.†   (source)
  • This is the language of waves and radiation, or how the dead speak to the living.†   (source)
  • The radiation from a neutron bomb cannot kill right away.†   (source)
  • There will be more ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface.†   (source)
  • I'm only allowed a short visit because of the radiation exposure."†   (source)
  • As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.†   (source)
  • The radiation treatments were just to make sure there were no cancer cells left anywhere inside her.†   (source)
  • Why had the waveforms of Jupiter's radio outbursts not matched the later radiation from the sun?†   (source)
  • They cut HeLa cells apart and exposed them to endless toxins, radiation, and infections.†   (source)
  • Food is heated by the energy generated from absorbing microwave radiation.†   (source)
  • Especially when you know the root cause of the heat is radiation.†   (source)
  • Oh, how my father, said how they cooked her alive with radiation treatments.†   (source)
  • But the diffraction of centimeter-wave radiation overwhelmed all other shapes and details.†   (source)
  • In other ranges, the radiation is quite volatile and unpredictable.†   (source)
  • They also knew radiation levels were higher beyond the ozone layer.†   (source)
  • The radiation fills the entire universe and can be observed in the centimeter wavelength range.†   (source)
  • As energy crossed each boundary, the radiation frequency stepped down a grade sharply.†   (source)
  • Hydroxyl radical radiation frequency at 1,667 MHz†   (source)
  • At the heart of each halo was a radiation source.†   (source)
  • Yield equivalent to over twenty-one thousand tons of dynamite plus the radiation fallout kicker.†   (source)
  • The dropping white count and some of these other indicators are consistent with radiation exposure.†   (source)
  • Every time they did a test, hundreds of towns and villages exposed to radiation.†   (source)
  • BLINDNESS MAY RESULT FROM EXPOSURE TO LONGWAVE RADIATION.†   (source)
  • Other girls had serious radiation exposure but not up to 800-r level.†   (source)
  • They survived the weeks of solar radiation by hiding inside the Lincoln Building.†   (source)
  • "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation," Astro said.†   (source)
  • It had filled the air with radiation—a kind of poison—that stayed inside people for a long time.†   (source)
  • I didn't like using it because it leaked a lot of radiation.†   (source)
  • My father has noticed an ad in the paper, for an atomic radiation monster insect movie.†   (source)
  • They're probably part of some government study: "How Not to Die from Radiation Poisoning.†   (source)
  • Their hair died at the roots and fell out in clumps, as if they had received radiation burns.†   (source)
  • First check the radiation instruments themselves.†   (source)
  • We only used a minimal amount of plutonium, enough to give it a little boom and some radiation.†   (source)
  • Next spy came out with kit of radiation counters.†   (source)
  • Thus, best growth was achieved in 100-percent carbon dioxide, lighted by ultraviolet radiation.†   (source)
  • But again, we didn't know about the peripheral deaths through radiation poisoning.†   (source)
  • Still required He-3 to keep it from producing radiation.†   (source)
  • Guess the radiation has died down, unless a couple of freak shows are driving it.†   (source)
  • When the radiation makes you too sick to vomit, they hand out rubber vomit, for morale.†   (source)
  • That'll send that concrete dome into orbit and spread radiation over six states or more.†   (source)
  • The heat and radiation and rising waters were too much.†   (source)
  • Automatic radiation detectors were in every corner of the room, each surrounded by a red circle.†   (source)
  • Well then, what about government agents, running around with radiation badges?†   (source)
  • Lead-lined, yes, to keep him safe from nuclear war, from the Ravage and Decay of radiation fallout.†   (source)
  • The reason for this had to do with quantum mechanics and the waveform theory of radiation.†   (source)
  • Can I take the top off or will I get blasted by radiation from the plutonium?†   (source)
  • Not to mention the threat of radiation outside—though Alec thinks it's finally dwindling.†   (source)
  • For many years the word radiation was banned.†   (source)
  • Only a fool would feel entirely safe looking for a radiation leak.†   (source)
  • That radiation went high into the atmosphere, moving across the country at will.†   (source)
  • He noted that they were reading from the maintenance manual for a radiation detector.†   (source)
  • All the creatures God put on earth, only insects survive the radiation.†   (source)
  • The radiation badges they wore were later collected to gather data about radiation levels.†   (source)
  • We must have aircraft flying near their borders with instruments that measure radiation.†   (source)
  • Radiation alarms had sounded throughout the hull.†   (source)
  • Their officers had just checked the "hot" compartments with radiation instruments.†   (source)
  • You see, the radiation film badges showed contamination, but the engine room instruments did not.†   (source)
  • Any word on the radiation exposure, Jamie?†   (source)
  • Comrade Captain, we have a radiation leak.†   (source)
  • Not only was the reactor tampered with, but all of the radiation-sensing instruments were disabled.†   (source)
  • Radiation alarm in the heat-exchange room!†   (source)
  • The radiation from massed bodies triggered the mechanism, the lock closed and air pressure dropped.†   (source)
  • If there was that much radiation at the edge, the bottom would no doubt fry your eyeballs.†   (source)
  • But the radiation is killing him faster than the liquor.†   (source)
  • It's supposed to be shielded from all forms of radiation, isn't it?†   (source)
  • Then, as the radiation eased, they'd occupy the towns.†   (source)
  • I don't think she'll die of radiation sickness.†   (source)
  • Peter nodded, his mind on the radiation figures.†   (source)
  • He and Kitty were certain it was radiation poisoning.†   (source)
  • I could go on shore in a radiation suit.†   (source)
  • Yes, she should be all right so far as radiation goes.†   (source)
  • About this radiation sickness people get.†   (source)
  • Are we getting any radiation, do you think?†   (source)
  • There seem to be quite a few natural hazards on this course—apart from radiation.†   (source)
  • You haven't absorbed nearly as much radiation as your brother," Dan said.†   (source)
  • From the sea the place seemed quite undamaged, but the radiation level was still high.†   (source)
  • The danger of radiation was still there, and might increase.†   (source)
  • I shouldn't think it could be longer, at this radiation level.†   (source)
  • I'll swear he's had a fresh dose of radiation since I saw him last.†   (source)
  • If the radiation level makes it possible, you should land and inspect the towns.†   (source)
  • What's the outside radiation level, Mr. Osborne?†   (source)
  • Could radiation have wiped them out, or anything?†   (source)
  • I don't know exactly what's going to happen because radiation sickness is so tricky.†   (source)
  • It all depends upon the radiation levels, but I wouldn't think we'd land.†   (source)
  • I've been to the library, reading up on it, and now I wonder whether it couldn't be radiation.†   (source)
  • The radiation levels aren't very high, anywhere along the line.†   (source)
  • I've got three serious cases of radiation poisoning.†   (source)
  • Somebody was telling Daddy that they've got radiation sickness in Townsville now.†   (source)
  • Peter said, "I wanted to have a talk with you about this radiation disease."†   (source)
  • So under "RADIATION," Dan printed "POISON."†   (source)
  • And only the Japanese have personal understanding of atomic heat and radiation.†   (source)
  • There are a lot of people around here who still don't know what radiation means.†   (source)
  • I think they might be taking radiation samples.†   (source)
  • Couldn't he have picked up radiation then?†   (source)
  • What's more, all pod exteriors are sealed with photo-resistant membranes to protect the artifacts inside from solar radiation.†   (source)
  • And so the youngest of our family, with the blond hair and the hazel eyes, had the chemotherapy and the radiation.†   (source)
  • She whips around a corner, heeled over so far she could lick the yellow line, and her Knight Visions reveal all in a blaze of multispectral radiation.†   (source)
  • Arranging sensitive radiation and cosmic ray detectors at the lowest point in the Sphinx, they recorded arrival times and deflection patterns of the particles passing through the mass of stone above them, watching for hidden rooms or passages which would not show up even on deep imaging radar.†   (source)
  • And even if they were one hundred percent effective at sealing out the radiation, which is really unlikely, would we ever be able to leave this place?†   (source)
  • No radiation.†   (source)
  • "We went as far as the radiation detectors would allow," Cal adds, trying his best to ignore Walsh coughing up blood.†   (source)
  • They brought in a specialist called a radiation oncologist to talk Baba into getting radiation treatment.†   (source)
  • This included interference as subtle as "brain radiation" or "thought emissions" generated by people nearby.†   (source)
  • In the light elevation the ceremony always imparted, she sensed the life-glow from Paul — a radiation there registering on her senses.†   (source)
  • According to current USDA regulations, irradiated meat must be identified with a special label and with a radura (the internationally recognized symbol of radiation).†   (source)
  • Once I recovered from that, I spent two months at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, receiving those powerful dosages of chemo, plus daily high-dose radiation of my abdomen.†   (source)
  • Ken was NEC after radiation.†   (source)
  • Even though it was a cloudy day, the vicious ultraviolet radiation at this altitude would render him snow-blind very quickly.†   (source)
  • SNOOPER, POISON: radiation analyzer within the olfactory spectrum and keyed to detect poisonous substances.†   (source)
  • Climbing with Andy Harris at the front of the group, I continually stuffed snow under my hat and lungs would propel me, hoping to and moved as fast as my legs reach the shade of the tents before succumbing to the solar radiation, the sun beat down, my head began to As the morning dragged on an und.†   (source)
  • No radiation.†   (source)
  • This is also significant because this radiation was probably instrumental in forming the first complex molecule.†   (source)
  • I also wanted the audience to know that I looked good, and felt OK, in part because my body had started to recover from the debilitating chemotherapy and radiation my doctors had been giving me.†   (source)
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