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...question mark, but not as mysterious a question mark as is often assumed. Some of Russia's most important assets have always been obvious: the vastness of its land, the large numbers and great tenacity of its people. These assets are as good a defense against the atom bomb as they were against Napoleon's infantry or Hitler's Panzers. The other, and decisive, components of Russian power are far less obvious, i.e., the size and quality of its armed forces and its industrial potential...
Washington estimates that Russia has anywhere from five to 60 atom bombs; a favorite guess is 20-25. (Estimates about the U.S. atom bomb stockpile run from several hundred to "a small four figures.") It is certain that Russia's uranium ores are low-grade. A half-dozen or so deposits were discovered in 1944 in the Tashkent area of central Asia. The other main Soviet uranium source is northeast of Lake Baikal, in Siberia...
...Socialist housing plans. The minute splinter group abstained from two other votes, protesting against the Tory "practice of forcing a series of divisions purely for the sake of opposition, thereby artificially keeping in being a state of crisis." Cracked the Tory Daily Telegraph: "A unique case of splitting the atom without generating power...
Drive chairman Ira H. Peterman '52 said last night that there is a special need for blood in view of the Korean war. "According to the American Red Cross," he added, "300,000 pints of blood would be needed for immediate use if an atom bomb hit-Boston...
Hoyle, working on the same problem, approached it from the other end. In calculating how galaxies form, he assumed that all of space is filled with very thin hydrogen, about one atom per cubic inch. This gas is depleted, of course, when galaxies condense from it. But Hoyle was convinced that galaxies are forming continuously. So he calculated how much hydrogen must be supplied to keep up the formation of galaxies. His answer came out very close to the answer of Bondi and Gold. This check convinced both parties that the "continuous creation" of hydrogen in space is an actual...