Word: atomics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prepared because Roosevelt had not taken him into his inner councils, had not even let him in on the secret of the atom bomb. For a while, Truman floundered, and he never did acquire any sense of personal grandeur. But he did come to understand his office. On his desk, he placed a sign: THE BUCK STOPS HERE. So did pretension...
When confronted by the great issues Harry Truman never flinched. The one that has brought him the heaviest criticism was the decision to drop the atomic bomb. As was his practice, Truman listened to both sides of the argument, thought, and then decided. Later he recalled: "We faced half a million casualties trying to take Japan by land. It was either that or the atom bomb, and I didn't hesitate a minute, and I've never lost any sleep over it since...
...Korean War was bogged down in a seemingly endless stalemate. Senator Joe McCarthy was in full cry, charging that the State Department was infested with Communists. Nervous because of the discovery of some real spies, concerned that the Russians had developed an atom bomb of their own, dismayed by the course of events in Asia, the nation was all too ready to listen. Though he could have run for another term, Harry Truman decided that he had had enough. It was another sound decision...
...Science section this week contains a report on the state of science in the Soviet Union. Associate Editor Frederic Golden wrote the story after a three-week tour of facilities that took him from atom smashers outside Moscow to Siberia's academic community, Akademgorodok. Along with daily doses of thermonuclear physics, exobiology and cybernetics, Golden and four other American writers were treated to generous helpings of Soviet show business: cir cuses, ballet, opera and even a Kremlin variety show. Back in New York and facing a deadline, Golden seemed a victim of temporary culture shock. "Like their scientists...
...shortcomings are so well known, it is possible to enjoy the unexpected virtues of this version. The most substantial improvement is in the gamekeeper Mellors, who is called Parkin here. Mellors is too good to be true, an ex-officer who keeps books on India, Soviet Russia and the atom in his cottage. Parkin is a rough, laconic collier's son who can understand neither his own mean circumstances nor the sources of Connie's passion for him. Lawrence lacked Thomas Hardy's gift for making the inner lives of simple people eloquent, but at least this...