Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...current negotiations don't produce peace, but do break down and the war is resumed," she wrote, "then drop the atomic bomb on these barbarians who obviously in their past atrocities have proved that they have no concept of a desire for decency. Let us face the cruel facts-that we are confronted with a barbarous, unrelenting enemy who will stop at nothing short of our destruction-and that we have no choice but to destroy him first, as he will not listen to reason or respect decency and human life...
...have tried everything else-maybe the atomic bomb will bring the Red barbarians to their senses as it did the Japanese. I know that some will protest that the atomic bomb is an immoral weapon. I agree that it is. But so are all other man-killing weapons of war . . . When will we learn that you don't stop the Red murderers by merely playing tiddlywinks with them...
Despite repeated warnings from Washington that Russia has enough atom bombs to ravage the U.S., few cities have put much heart in developing adequate civil-defense precautions. Last week Pollster George Gallup found out why. He asked a cross section of adults whether they really believed the Russians can atom-bomb the U.S.. learned that only 17% think they can, while a sanguine 72% still figure it can't happen here...
...million on expansion since World War II, is a good deal more than a plumber. Crane, with 13 plants scattered across the U.S., Canada and England, now makes or distributes everything from colored bathroom fixtures, which it was the first (1928) to pioneer, to diffusion valves for atomic-bomb plants, from air-conditioning units to radiant heaters. Since Holloway became president in 1946, sales have risen four times over the prewar level to 1951's record $322.9 million and a $16 million net after taxes. Last year sales dropped off slightly to $319 million, and higher break-even costs...
After a 28-year stint, Detective Fabian left the Yard in 1949 with some 40 commendations, including the King's Medal for defusing an Irish Republican Army bomb in Piccadilly. Nowadays, he keeps busier than ever as a crime feature writer for the Kemsley newspapers. Looking back over his career, Fabian concludes that most crooks are not too bright. But one, he admits, outwitted him. This was the fellow who squeezed into an eight-inch-wide opening between the back of the kennels and the outside wall at London's White City dog track; he stayed there nearly...