"Think of it as an opportunity to hot-wire any car in an airport parking lot without having the key, " says Lief.

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It appeared as if carved out of stone, but in fact was made of vast segments of hot-wire-cut polystyrene with a light beech veneer.

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That was where he learned how to fight, how to hot-wire a car with a piece of foil, how to pick locks, and how to make a zip gun using a snapped-off automobile radio antenna, which, in those days, was just thick enough to barrel a .22-calibre bullet.

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