Word: nuclear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...STRANGELOVE, OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB. Stanley Kubrick's black comedy about nuclear war features fine performances by Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott and the ubiquitous Peter Sellers...
...said that "the overriding concern of the Republican Party-of either party-must be the maintenance of peace while protecting and extending freedom." This, he said, requires military strength and "loyal support for the United Nations in its peace-keeping efforts." He warned that "in today's nuclear-age diplomacy, there is no time for indecision, but neither is there room for impulsiveness...
...things you're supposed to be able to do in combat. There's a close interrelationship of firepower and mobility in the two services, and we're working further on the development of joint doctrine. We're trying out techniques of conventional and nuclear warfare. There's a lot of desert in Africa and the Middle East, and if we ever have to go over there, we'll know what we're doing...
...loss of the nuclear submarine Thresher last year in 8,400 ft. of water was a painful reminder of just how much of the ocean bottom lies below the Navy's reach. The bathyscaphe Trieste could dive to the general area of the Thresher's wreck, but it could not do much that was worthwhile when it got there. Instruments and grappling devices operated from surface ships were all but useless in strong currents and rough seas...
...have opened up new possibilities for sponsors for films Hubley wants to make. In this sense, his two Academy Award winners were not total financial losses. The success of Moonbird led to a UNICEF contract for a film called Children of the Sun. And the man-hole discussion of nuclear war in The Hole earned Hubley the sponsorship of the Institute for International Order for two films on peace and disarmament...