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...????The thermonuclear weapons were generally tested in the open air, and that was subjecting everybody downwind from them to the danger of fallout,â???? he said. â????And when I say downwind I mean high altitude winds that carry the cloud clear around the globe several times.â???...
According to Mendelsohn, â????the second and most compellingâ???? argument for a test ban was that nuclear testing increased tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which was also testing nuclear weapons at the time. Mendelsohn said each nation would respond to the otherâ????s tests by trying to do something â????bigger or better.â???...
...????If testing went on, it seemed inevitable that other countries would get their own nuclear deterrents,â???? he said...
...????In the early 60s, the issue didnâ????t loom large in student life,â???? Mendelsohn said. â????Iâ????d say for many students, nuclear testing was somewhat esoteric.â???...
...article printed in the 1960 Commencement supplement of The Crimson made note of the relative lack of political activity on campus, calling students â????uninspired.â???...