Word: thermonuclear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite all those woes, there still is a case for keeping nuclear plants in operation and finishing those now abuilding, while rethinking how many more the nation needs in the long run. Until such power sources as solar energy and thermonuclear fusion become commercially feasible, nuclear plants are indispensable. mainly because the alternatives are worse...
...construction for the fabrication of "chips" containing the microscopic circuitry that is the brain of the modern computer. Some of these chips are being manufactured with new electron-beam techniques. Scientists are also experimenting with lasers. One intriguing project: a six-beam experimental laser device to produce power from thermonuclear fusion. Blessed with an abundance of the elements called rare earths, the Chinese are also becoming increasingly skilled at extracting them and putting them to work in many ways, for example, as catalysts in petroleum refining. The visiting American specialists found one area where the U.S. could learn from...
...most pernicious band playing before American audiences today, advocating mindlessness and even lobotomy. And more than any other group, the Ramones--with their phenomenal energy and very frequent schedule--threaten to deafen a significant portion of the American population, leaving the nation helpless in the event of hostile thermonuclear assault...
...obvious, enormous danger. Once the military nuclear threshold is crossed, there is no guarantee that the momentum can be controlled to keep the exchange limited. Warns Secretary Brown: The use of "any nuclear weapons. . . carries a very high risk, though not the certainty, of escalating to a full-scale thermonuclear exchange...
...mistake in ruling against the Progressive will seriously infringe cherished First Amendment rights. A mistake in ruling against the United States could pave the way for thermonuclear annihilation...