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  • The first, so-called atomic-bomb literature, was largely suppressed until the end of the American occupation in 1952, and reached its peak with the publication of Masuji Ibuse's classic

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Ted Goossen 2011

  • White Sands Missile Range was the site of the first atomic-bomb test in 1945.

    Army Aims to Save by 'Buying Less, More Often' David Kesmodel 2011

  • At a time when most vintage warplanes have retired to a quiet life on display in drafty museums, 65-year-old Fifi is embarking on a new mission: giving rides to paying enthusiasts and once again making the air-show rounds, which occasionally feature a simulated atomic-bomb attack.

    Owners of the Last B-29 Hope It Doesn Peter Sanders 2010

  • In 1958, Gen. de Gaulle became president and fast-tracked France's atomic-bomb plans.

    Gen. Gallois Dies; Took Key Role in French Nuclear Policy 2010

  • His colleagues sent him to the Catholic International Hospital in Tokyo with this message to the Mother Superior: "Think twice before you give this man blood transfusions, because with atomic-bomb patients we aren't at all sure that if you stick needles in them, they'll stop bleeding."

    Lucy Walker: Thoughts on the 65th Anniversary of Hiroshima Day 2010

  • She laments the poisoning of her sisters by radioactive fallout from atomic-bomb tests in the 1950s - a fate she avoided somehow.

    A novelist explores her desert habitat Post 2010

  • His 1958 film " A MOVIE " rearranges all manner of celluloid artifacts — Westerns, atomic-bomb documentaries, industrial and educational films, bachelor party smokers — into a running gag on narrative arcs and an X-ray scan of American pop consciousness.

    Exotic Pearls and Powerful Girls Steve Dollar 2010

  • She laments the poisoning of her sisters by radioactive fallout from atomic-bomb tests in the 1950s - a fate she avoided somehow.

    A novelist explores her desert habitat Post 2010

  • To insure that there will be no terrorist atomic-bomb attack, the United States should, on the “precautionary principle”, conquer and govern the entire Middle East — from Pakistan to Libya to Somalia.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Applying the Precautionary Principle Consistently 2009

  • People who try to hide their sins from God are in the same predicament as those who find themselves at Ground Zero of an atomic-bomb blast.

    Babes with a Beatitude Linda P. Kozar 2009

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