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...this is madness-this policy of trying to preserve peace by a preponderance of terror. And what is it going to do to mankind in the process-bone cancer, deformed children, sterility?" Instead, Stevenson said, the way to peace lies amid the faith, confidence and rising standards of living of the have-not peoples, "the millions of people who tremble on the sidelines of this mad arms race in helpless terror and expanding hunger...
...people's revolution, rebels were in control of much of the countryside, but Soviet tanks, withdrawing to the outskirts of Budapest, left behind a crushed city, ringed by Soviet steel. Moscow announced that it was ready to negotiate a withdrawal of all Soviet forces from Hungary. To cold, bone-weary rebels, Communist Radio Budapest broadcast: "Please, please stop. You have won. Your demands will be fulfilled...
First came surgery on her right knee, where the bones had grown together. The surgeons cut them apart and remolded the ends. To keep them from growing together again, they slipped in a layer of tissue from Angelina's own thigh. Such a knee joint is flexible but not very stable. To make sure that Angelina would not fall in a heap when she tried to walk, the surgeons cut through the bone of the left knee, straightened it, then let it heal in the extended position. They used traction and casts on her hips, made new joints...
...covers the ball-and-socket bones in hips and shoulders and the bone ends in other joints, serves as a sheath for all muscles and joins them to the bones they operate, and is present in all organs and blood vessels...
...consequence of these errors is that enough strotium 90 has already been spewed into the atmosphere to cause eventual contamination (by 1970) of the bones of most of the people in the world to the extent of 15 per cent of the maximum permissible dose. Dr. Lapp pleads for criticism of his conclusions and I am sure we all hope that he is mistaken. If he is right, there is no sane choice but to stop the testing of large atomic weapons immediately. Strontium 90 is no joke--if the tests are continued much longer it could cause many millions...