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Last week brought a gleam in the darkness, a first soft glow in the terrifying gloom which seven months before, after the blinding flash over Hiroshima, had engulfed the world. Perhaps there was a workable and reasonable way of saving the world from the atom...
...affair had the informality of a barbecue. Fortified with bourbon, 1,800 Democrats uncomplainingly ate the 700-calorie "austerity dinner" (tomato soup, baked chicken, potatoes, salad and one oatmeal cookie) for which they had paid $400 apiece. They whistled, whooped and slapped backs. Soprano Grace Moore rose with a flash of jewels, and sang a hillbilly song. Leon Henderson gave her a cigar...
...Navy has two types of airborne television transmitter, both developed in cooperation with RCA. One, called "Block," is light and expendable. It was developed primarily to serve as the "eyes" of various radio-guided bombs. The larger type, "Ring," can flash its pictures 200 miles...
Second biggest cause of atom deaths, said Captain Warren, was from flash burn caused by the blinding "atom light"-as bright "as though you had stepped up the intensity...
Intuition and tact made an indispensable formula. At first the Special Envoy could not fathom General Chou's insistence that the Communists needed more time to reorganize their army. Then he got a flash. Would it speed things up if U.S. officers taught the Communists the fundamentals of modern military staff work? General Chou leaped at the suggestion, hurried to Yenan and hurried back with approval. What had held the Communists back was the fear of fumbling and losing face in the process of streamlining their unwieldy forces...