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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forcing its way into the nuclear club confirms its great-nation status and makes the rest of the world, especially the U.S., pay it the attention it deserves. "Indian politicians feel they're not being listened to in the world because we don't have the Bomb," says Surjit Mansingh, a disarmament professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. "They follow Mao's advice that a loud fart is better than a long lecture." Even though he was "bitterly disappointed," the ever empathetic Clinton suggested that India may have been motivated by a lack of self-esteem because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nukes...They're Back | 5/25/1998 | See Source »

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