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...Secretary of War Stimson's recent article in Harper's Magazine, President Conant discussed the military requirements which forced the use of the bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Nothing would have been more damaging to our effort to obtain surrender than a warning or demonstration followed by a dud--and this was a real possibility. We had no bombs to waste," he said...
...committee considered giving the Japanese a demonstration "in some uninhabited area" in the hopes of frightening them out of the war. The idea was rejected. The demonstration might be a dud. "Nothing would have been more damaging to our effort to obtain surrender." The scientists agreed: "We see no acceptable alternative to direct military...
...boys & girls and Future Farmers in the state had turned up there for his annual stock-judging contest. He had made headlines when his highly touted bull, T. Royal Rupert 99th, sold for a record-breaking $38,000 (TIME, Jan. 24, 1944), and turned out to be a dud...
...dope on her assignment, was invited to go along on "a terrific clue that may break the case." It turned out to be some strange pencil scribblings on a package that one of Rice's readers had received from Sears, Roebuck and Co. It was, of course, a dud...
...expected rebellion of World War II vets turned out to be a dud. Very much in the minority (with only 20% of the voting strength), the youngsters talked like their elders and produced nothing more than a distant threat to the middle-aged hierarchy. World War II vets were content to bide their time. By next October they hope to comprise 80% of the Legion's membership...