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From moats and drawbridges to deadbolt locks, people for centuries have been devising assorted means of keeping enemies off their turf and away from their worldly goods; locksmiths have been there to help. Now, high technology is overtaking the hook-and-eye lock, door chain and ordinary key lock. Today's most sophisticated burglar deterrent is electronic locking.
A locksmith has managed to open a 159-year-old safe from Oregon that baffled other professional safecrackers and an expert from MIT. In 2 1/2 hours, Tom Gorham got the safe open by spinning the dial and feeling for grooves to get the combination, a technique called manipulation. \You've got to have a lot of patience, and concentration doesn't hurt,\ Gorham said. The 1-ton safe was found during renovation at a cannery in Astoria, Ore., whose owner wanted it opened...
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