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The great lesson, said the board: "The best way to win a war is to prevent it from occurring. . . . The combination of the atomic bomb with remote-control projectiles of ocean-spanning range stands as a possibility which is awesome and frightful to contemplate."
Few responsible scientists objected to the basic purpose of the May-Johnson bill. Virtually all of them agreed that atomic energy was a frightful force which might, in improper hands, destroy the human race. But they hoped that Congress would be careful. Said one: "Scientific research is like a porcelain...
In London restaurants last week the buzz of war talk had been replaced by: "I say, it is a frightful mess-Lend-Lease. ... If Roosevelt hadn't died. . . . May as well face it ... they want to lend, and they bloody well won't buy. . . . I'm ready...
Peace, Quiet, Eternity. There was evidence of frightful devastation; at the same time there was an air of peace and quiet and eternity. Brown-skinned swimmers plunged in the jade-and-white waters of the bays, and fishermen gazed calmly at the giant battlewagons. Farmers tilling the checkerboard of fields...
By one of the ironies of war, the National Gallery passed through the frightful destruction of the blitz and robomb years with only one gallery (No. 26) damaged. Far harder hit were the British Museum, whose Greek and Roman rooms were destroyed by incendiaries in 1941, and the Tate Gallery...