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...Soviet Union in nuclear arms will the West ever convince the Soviets to participate in meaningful arms negotiations. The current surge of concern over the danger of nuclear war is laudable, but the facile, emotionally based recommendations it has generated would only increase the chances of nuclear cataclysm should they be put into practice. Mark A. Sauter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nuclear War | 2/27/1982 | See Source »

...many an "ardship." The most chilling pun has to do with the central myth of Riddley's time, an adaptation of the only document left from before the flash, the Christian legend of St. Eustace. In "the Eusa story," Eusa tampers with "the Littl Shyning Man" and creates the cataclysm. Eusa: remind you of any country in a pre-cataclysmic relationship with the atom...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Foragers and Mutants | 10/27/1981 | See Source »

...planet, and visits it every eon or so. In addition to the unfolding spectacle of human savagery, she sees some spectacular sights. She happens to be flying over in a small bubble of a spaceship when the planet suddenly tips over from its upright axis. Her description of this cataclysm, all grinding continents and sudden snow, is the most vivid part of her report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: More Lessing | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

Happily, the authors of Energy and Security are more than doomsayers predicting an oil-based global cataclysm. In detailing how current energy tactics have actually exacerbated U.S. vulnerability to oil cut-offs, they recommend sweeping changes aimed at preventing and easing future energy shortfalls. Some proposals are more complex or expensive than the authors acknowledge, but they also seem great improvements over current backfiring U.S. strategies...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Into the Energy Abyss | 1/8/1981 | See Source »

Better ennui than cataclysm, he concludes, and if the game must go on, better by the rules of SALT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ticktacktoe | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

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