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...point amidst the amiability and the inability to reach every agreement, Khrushchev broke out in one of his flights of rocket rhetoric. "Technicians make me laugh," he said, "when they argue over the question of whether five or maybe six rockets armed with thermonuclear warheads might be needed to demolish Great Britain. We have at least twelve already pointed at that target." And then, looking at his guest, Khrushchev remarked that Italy, with its allied missile bases, could expect its share. "This is not a threat," he added with a straight face, "just a warning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Rocket Rhetoric | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

...will mean a substantial reduction in the city's tax base. Estimates on the size of this surgery range from $181,000 for the Lee Street route to $372,000 for Brookline Street and $376,000 for River Street-Elm Street. On the Brookline plan alone, engineers expect to demolish about 40 factory buildings...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: The People | 4/19/1961 | See Source »

Today, residents are engaged in the more sober business of trying to save their Wharf from progress. Not more than a month ago, Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Company, owner of the loft, notified tenants to depart by July 1. After that, the company plans to demolish the building and close access to the wharf for safety reasons...

Author: By Michael S. Gruen, | Title: On the Waterfront | 2/28/1961 | See Source »

...askew that reporters agreed: "The old man's in a fighting mood." The letter itself was full of cloudy references to "the rule of law, the separation of powers . . . the call of my conscience." But everybody in Israel knew that Ben-Gurion's real purpose was to demolish the challenge of his ambitious Mapai Party rival, Pinhas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Resign & Conquer | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

...have made a major step toward world peace. I wish to protest against the frequent and facile mis-use of the word "image" in discussion of foreign policy, of which I believe professor Hughee's statement to be a typical example. His argument contains its won rebuttal: Khruschchev did demolish the summit (all Image-clusters to the contrary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter Discusses National 'Image,' Asks Harvard Course in Disarmament | 12/9/1960 | See Source »

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