Word: hydrogenate
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...current election campaign is the rumor (since denied) that the U.S. is planning to use Antarctica, 1,800 miles south of New Zealand, as an H-bomb testing ground. New Zealanders feel that 1,800 miles is not enough to shield them from the radioactive aftermath of hydrogen explosions...
This happy situation has changed radically with the growing quantity of fission bombs and the recent development of the hydrogen (fusion) bomb. Not much has been explained about the radioactivity left in the air by the hydrogen bomb. There is a good chance that each old-style fission bomb, or perhaps a fraction of each, can be upgraded to an H-bomb, 1,000 times as powerful. The fission bomb will act as a detonator, starting the explosion of "fusion" ingredients such as heavy hydrogen and lithium. The end product of the fusion reaction is likely to be rich...
...Nobel Prize in Physics for 1954 was divided between two Germans: Drs. Max Born and Walther Bothe, who were leaders in the "new physics" that started with relativity and quantum theory and ended (so far) with the hydrogen bomb. Dr. Born, 72, who fled Germany in the mid-'30s is credited with much of the difficult mathematics that enabled physicists to understand the behavior of atoms...
Bishop Sheen spoke on the "Psychological Effects of the Hydrogen Bomb" and, as usual, tempered the ominous parts of his message with a sprinkling of jokes and puns. The bishop also scored a partial triumph over his sponsor, Admiral Corp., which last summer announced that the show would be limited to some 60-odd stations. Bishop Sheen countered by promising his fans that he would be seen on "close to 200 stations." His opening show was carried by 126 stations, and at week's end Du Mont reported that the number had reached...
Anybody, including an atomic scientist, has a right to press upon the Government his opinion of how to attain this or any other goal. From such pressures a healthy government will know how to derive nourishment for clear, strong, decisive policymaking. The struggles related in The Hydrogen Bomb took place in a Government (and in a nation) that was confused about its own strategic situation and unclear about its aims. A determined pressure group can play havoc in such a situation. To relate the story of how one such pressure group almost did, is not to set up a conflict...