Word: anties
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...technology. In some ways, that ominous and justifiably paranoid feeling remains in America, but for all practical purposes it has disappeared as nuclear devices--warlike and domestic--become commonplace. America's never-ending march towards technological improvement proceeds apace, so effectively that most people, excepting those sympathetic to the anti-nuke movement, think no more about nuclear power than they do about the world hunger problem...
...course, somewhere in the collective unconscious (heavy on the un) lurks the specter of Armageddon, but even that fear has been defused, what with these new-fangled, clean, tactical weapons. And like many other vaguely leftist movements without mass appeal, the anti-nuclear juggernaut has generated more scorn than support...
...this valuable and frightening information may be old hat to anti-nuke fans, but somehow the general public has lost sight of the facts, particularly in the long and losing battle against the Seabrook, N.H. plant. Meltdown at Montague proves valuable, then, simply because it is the least hysterical and most readable factual account of nuclear power today. While the book most definitely possesses an anti-nuke tone, the reader is hard-pressed to find dogma. The closing pages suggest that because nuclear power plants are here to stay, we must perfect emergency plans to minimize the damage...
...they happen." As a handbook for anyone concerned with or morbidly fascinated by the prospects of nuclear power, Meltdown at Montague hits the mark. It is a fine example of well-reasoned literature in a field given to hysteria on all sides; it is the kind of book the anti-nuke movement needs...
...from Israel, Iran has had its own problems recently. Last week a major earthquake devastated parts of that nation which was already in upheaval due to fighting between pro- and anti-government forces. Tonight the Center for Middle Eastern Studies is sponsoring a panel discussion on the crisis in Iran. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Boylston Auditorium...