Word: fatales
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Overpressure is the number of pounds per square inch (p.s.i.) above normal atmospheric pressure exerted by the blast wave of a nuclear explosion. An overpressure exceeding 20 p.s.i. can be fatal to a human being...
...Khrushchev's "romanticism," as some Western experts label his repeated rejection of fact, is not necessarily a source of comfort for the West. Abroad, should it lead Khrushchev to believe his own propaganda about capitalist weakness, it could lead to fatal miscalculation and war. And at home, so far, it has not noticeably weakened his grip. Though Khrushchev has dismantled much of Stalin's police state, he has shrewdly rebuilt the Communist Party-demoralized under Stalin-as Russia's dominant force. In fact, the Khrushchev Code almost lyrically extols the party and promises that even in that...
...excellent position as far as the race for second place is concerned. The race for first place, unfortunately, looks like it will be a runaway. Leverett has already lost a game--to Eliot--and unless some other team (Kirkland ?) can knock off the Elephants, losing one game will be fatal...
...Medical School research team has developed a pump which restores blood to the stricken area of the heart after an otherwise fatal attack...
...Oppenheimer scheme of things, soldiers, unlike scientists, apparently do not enjoy the right to leave political decisions to their governments. Said Oppenheimer: "I would like to see a general strike by the officers of all the armed forces on earth, refusing to drop nuclear bombs or to push the fatal buttons...