Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vaults are carved into a granite cliff, and air-conditioned to an almost constant 57° F. and 40-50% humidity. Only a direct hit by a nuclear bomb could endanger that place and the treasure that is stored there. (See RELIGION...
Clearly, the two highly successful Mariner flybys have whetted the appetites of space officials for further planetary exploration. NASA Administrator Thomas Paine last week urged the U.S. to send two nuclear-powered spaceships, one to serve as a rescue vehicle, on a two-year trip to Mars by the 1980s. Many scientists, noting that such a project would cost perhaps $60 billion, prefer less expensive unmanned probes beyond Mars. Last week 23 space scientists strongly urged "grand tours" of the outer planets in the mid-1970s. At that time, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto will be so aligned that...
...their second-rate counterparts back home. But, during this century, Washington has grown so complex that mayors now must have advisors to learn how to cope with it. Alan Drury's melodramas soon gave way to the Burdick-Fletcher-Knebel potboilers that always had Washington a button away from nuclear destruction--unbeknownst to us all. Dr. Strangelove was the logical extension. Well, The Andromeda Strain is its biological brother. By mixing fact with Crichton's only too probable fantasy, his novel locates itself in a never-never world of secret government installations. It is the revelation of purported government secrets...
Talk and Listen and Act. Another, and more serious, problem is the drift of authority toward Washington. With sophisticated communications equipment available, and the threat of nuclear war always present, local commanders tend to look to the capital for guidance in crises. This Washington reflex is not discouraged by Government officials. They are rightfully concerned with keeping tight rein on the military. As President Kennedy once said: "I don't want some sergeant starting World War III." Yet the Pike report demonstrates that a better balance must be found if local commanders are not to be paralyzed in cases...
...which has known only good times. Many investors are heeding brokers' advice to hold on and ride out the difficult period. "Hell, I've got no choice," says an Akron rubber-company executive who early this year sold all his previous holdings and put the proceeds into Nuclear Corporation of America at 5 and Aero-Flow Dynamics at 14. Last week Nuclear sold as low as 41 and Aero-Flow dipped under 12. Says the executive: "I can't sell. I can't afford the loss." Besides, he adds, "The market is bound to start...