Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early became aware that the forces and skills which scientific research was turning loose on the world could possibly liberate, and might destroy it. Wells believed that in order to cope with these forces and with himself, man had only to embrace all that a scientist would call reasonable, and reject all that a scientist would call unreasonable...
...served first. Nor is there much chance that the situation will improve in the near future, for England finds herself a debtor nation for the first time and is terribly anxious about her financial straits. A major worry of late has been the prospect that U. S. inflation will destroy whatever benefits the loan might bring by enabling England to buy far less in the U. S. with the extended credits. As a result, the price control battle in Washington has received news coverage second only to the loan in the British press. The English, whose price control has worked...
...Yugoslavs get word that the Italians are going to destroy anything, they will force their way across our lines and then we'll be in a hell of a spot. I've tried to explain to the Italians. But it's damn difficult to convince them...
...Soviet Union, either as a whole or in separate parts." Gromyko explained that Russia wants a treaty by which the signatory nations would agree not to produce or use atomic bombs. Within three months of signing, all nations manufacturing atomic explosives (i.e., the U.S.) would cease & desist and destroy their stockpiles. Within six months each nation would enact laws severely punishing treaty violations which might occur within its own borders...
...mile climb to his place, asked the old man to paint the portrait of another oldster-Marshal Petain. Said Bonnard: "If Marshal Petain is a good model, I'll paint him. But, remember, if I don't like my work I reserve the right to destroy it." The Vichyites dropped the whole idea...