Weapons have to be destroyed, while industrial chemicals with military uses (few are entirely harmless) are now subject to inspection.

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It means that if, despite precautions, the Frankenbug does get out, its entirely harmless presence would be detectible in any given sample by straightforward DNA amplification technology of the sort used in genetic fingerprinting.

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The camera invariably begins with an almost entirely snow-filled screen, then dramatically zooms in on a slaloming blip causing its own harmless avalanche.

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