Word: hydrogenate
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They voted in favor of federal aid to education "without subsidizing private and parochial schools" and against racial segregation, gambling, liquor advertising and a presidential representative at the Vatican. They debated long before passing a resolution calling for "immediate cessation" of the manufacture of hydrogen bombs and all other weapons of mass destruction through an "effective international agreement" to be reached "with all promptness...
...hydrogen bomb, which started a wave of excitement not so long ago, is getting an official play-down. At last week's press conference the Atomic Energy Commission confirmed tacitly the disparaging remarks about the H-bomb by former AECommissioner Robert Bacher (TIME, May 15). Bacher had pointed out that hydrogen bombs could not be made without consuming neutrons (from U-235) which might be used more profitably for making plutonium. When questioned about Bacher, Commissioner Henry DeWolf Smyth remarked significantly: "He is a fairly competent man in this field." This is as close as AEC ever comes...
...same conference it happened again. Acting Chairman Sumner Pike said that the successful development of the hydrogen bomb "is right in the laps of the gods . . . The answer to the question about progress will probably be given when one goes bang or doesn't." A few minutes later he estimated the chances of success as "somewhere between probable and possible...
...Most large metropolitan areas," says Dr. Bacher, "include many sections that are covered by water or otherwise unsettled. Thus a hydrogen bomb would blast many, square miles whose destruction would contribute in no way to the effectiveness of the bomb. Atomic bombs, on the other hand, could presumably be dropped so as to avoid overbombing uninhabited areas. Furthermore, it was found in the last war that a saturation raid which greatly hampered fire-fighting forces caused damage far beyond the areas of immediate blast effects. Considering all these factors, it seems likely that there is no metropolitan area which could...
...Just what additional military use is a hydrogen bomb? It looks very much as if everyone is simply fascinated by the idea of 'the bigger the better.' There are some examples in the history of the world that should lead us to question this view. We should not forget the dinosaur . . . Indeed, we should not forget the battleship, now almost extinct...