Word: judas
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...primitive man and progressive man held palaver. The U.S. Navy's softspoken, sensitive Commodore Ben Wyatt might well have wondered why progress had to sacrifice this lovely coral atoll, instead of an empty wasteland, a dismal slum or a plaguesome Buchenwald. Bikini's tall, tawny Paramount Chief Juda, manor lord of 160 Christian islanders, took comfort in the will of Heaven...
...Wyatt talked. In simple words, with eloquent gestures, he told Juda and his people of the Bomb. Its power to kill all living things within many miles was beyond belief. But "the U.S. wants to turn this great destructive power into something good for mankind." The Bomb would be dropped on Bikini. For their protection, and for progress, would the islanders help by leaving their home, perhaps forever...
...Juda took counsel with the alaps (family heads). At length he gave his decision: "If the U.S. Government needs to use our houses for the goodness of mankind, then by the kindness of God we are willing to go." Thus began the first move in "Operation Crossroads," an operation whose ultimate move was now postponed. A U.S. officer called the transfer of the Bikinians "one hell of a good sales...
...chemical, invented by Walter Juda under the direction of Grinnel Jones, professor of Chemistry, is known as "F. A. M." Juda, a German-born chemist and refugee from Hitlerism, has been working since the beginning of the war on this liquid...
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