Word: bombing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...everyone see that there isn't going to be an Atomic War? Russia knows we won't drop the first bomb. Are they going to risk destruction by starting something? I think not. They won't have to. They're winning anyway...
...Moscow last week, Nikita Khrushchev not only waved his 50-megaton bomb and derided capitalism; he also crowed about "disunity" among the Western Allies. "Major contradictions divide the U.S.A. and Britain and other imperialist states," he said. "They appear both in NATO and in other aggressive blocs...
...tires on Bowman's car were slashed, and dents were pounded into its hood and sides. The next day, the windows were smashed, and on the house was written "Eichmann" in lipstick letters 20 inches high. On March 16, a fire was set with a sulphur bomb on the fender of Bowman's car. Uncalled delivery trucks arrived from every direction. "One night," said Bowman, "we got five cabs, two tow trucks, 14 pizzas, nine chickens, enough frogs' legs for 18 people, day and night television service, liquor deliveries-everything...
...United States build a bomb this big at this time? "I see no reason why not. There are no technical limitations I know...
...What about fall-out? "Not much of the fall-out comes from the bomb itself. When the fireball hits the ground, it activates a vast quantity of dust which is then redistributed in the upper atmosphere. This fall-out settles fairly rapidly--a week to 10 days. The material from the bomb--strontium 90 and that sort of thing, is up there much longer...