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Word: ideologicalâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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...what could happen in a nuclear war, for the simple and merciful reason that mankind has had practically no experience from which to make judgments and predictions with any certitude. In the final analysis, answering some of the most elementary questions is largely a matter of guesswork, intuition and ideological???almost theological?conviction. Even what might at first blush seem to be matters of objective fact, established by empirical evidence, turn out to be elusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living with Mega-Death | 3/29/1982 | See Source »

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