Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would fight to the death against Communism for the values upon which the principles of democracy are based, but I swear, if we go to war over how many men can possibly be in a convoy truck [Nov. 15], I will not even go to a bomb shelter...
...Bombs & Ambush. In Saigon, Red terrorists, many of whom infiltrated the capital under cover of the Buddhist demonstrations months ago, have been exploding bombs and throwing hand grenades sporadically since the coup. One night last week, a homemade bomb hidden under a table shattered a sidewalk cafe on tree-shaded Tu Do Street, wounding five U.S. soldiers. So far the ruling generals have not been able to police the streets as efficiently as Civilian Diem. One possible reason: the removal of some of Diem's tough Special Forces from the capital...
...drill had to work slowly because of the danger of a cave-in, but eventually and luckily pierced the only spot in the gallery's roof that was solid rock. Just 103 hours after the eleven were heard from, the first of the miners emerged from the "rescue bomb," a sort of torpedo-shaped elevator that had been lowered into the new shaft with two volunteer rescue workers. Fifty-seven minutes later, all eleven were miraculously out, weak but unharmed after 13 days underground...
...bullet-shaped nose is discarded after the missile has cleared the atmosphere, uncovering the warhead (missile engineers call it the rock) which is heavier, more powerful. According to unofficial reports, the A-3 packs 750 kilotons of bang instead of 600 Kilotons for the A2. The primitive nuclear bomb that leveled Hiroshima had 20 kilotons...
...Drink, No More. Eisenhower springs one of the book's few surprises in reporting his first reactions to the news that the U.S. intended to drop the atom bomb on Japan. He thought it was a mistake on the ground that Japan was already defeated and "that our country should avoid shocking world opinion." Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson told him of the plans on a visit to Ike's headquarters in 1945. "During his recitation of the relevant facts," writes Ike, "I had been conscious of a feeling of depression and so I voiced...