Word: atomic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...used germ warfare on the Chinese Communists [TIME, March 22] ... As for the value of such a confession to the enemy, I have seen no proof that it cost us any lives, or friends . . . After all, we were the first and, so far, the only nation to drop atom bombs on civilians, so we shouldn't be too squeamish about being charged with germ warfare...
...best moments, Operation Ivy gave the viewer a fascinating look into the curious world of atom experimentation. It showed the flat, coral islands of Eniwetok, the test tower rising above the surrounding sea. and, in views of vast test devices, evidence of the enormous toil and expense necessary to prepare for the explosion. The camera (from 50 miles off) showed the mushroom cloud rising through menacing black skies like a great, poisonous-looking gob of whipped cream...
Stephen Mitchell decided that he has troubles enough as chairman of the Democratic National Committee without taking on the special problems of two California Democrats running for Congress: 1) Robert L. Condon, the Congressman who was barred-as a "security risk"-from witnessing atom-bomb tests in Nevada last year; and 2) James Roosevelt, whose wife-now seeking separation-has accused him of adultery with a dozen women...
...Barbara Hartle, stoolpigeon," responded the Northwest's Daily People's World, ". . . has destroyed herself forever . . . has joined the ranks of the atom maniacs, the Hitlerites, the persecutors and inquisitors of every honest and Democratic element in American life...
NORTH American Aviation Inc. is getting into the AEC's atomic-power program, will explore one of five proposed methods (TIME, March 22) of producing electricity from the atom. Under a deal with AEC, North American will put $2,500,000 of its own money towards designing and building an experimental, $10 million reactor with a capacity equal to 20,000 kw. of heat which, with generators added, would light a town of 5,000, will have it ready for testing...