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Smith gave a striking illustration of the atomic-thermonuclear revolution in firepower. If a one-inch cube were considered the equivalent of one ton of TNT. the average bomber load in World War II would stand four inches high; the Nagasaki-Hiroshima atomic bomb would be a 1,666-ft. column, more than three times the height of the Washington monument; the "conventional" atomic bomb of today would tower 4,998 ft. high; and the power of the thermonuclear superbomb, similarly expressed, would be represented by a column soaring 63 miles into...
...next day, Taejon rose convulsively to life in a hail of sniper bullets, a thunder of Communist artillery fire, the rising, smoky glare of burning gasoline stores. For three days. Dean and his ragged men fought in the streets and alleys and from house to house, contesting every inch of the Red advance. On the third day, Dean manned a new 3.5-in. bazooka, which had been flown in from the U.S. hours earlier. He came back to his command post elated. "I just got me a Red tank," he shouted. He had got a lot more: a Medal...
...forward last year, Sacks will open at center; a very deceptive man in the pivot, he has a good hook shot with either hand. But Sacks is only 6 feet 3 inches, and his three inch taller replacement, Ed Blodnick, may get into the game early. Blodnick was second only to Dennis in scoring as a sophomore and did not go out for the sport last year. According to the director, "He's playing the best ball he's played...
...crime is stealing a 4 by 6 inch rectangular sheet of white metal marked "U.S. Mail Schedule." His punishment for "tampering with the mails" can be a $1,000 fine or three years in prison. His last theft--the thinrd in as many weeks--provoked Tutor Cheever to post a terse warning of "a severe punishment' for the offender...
...Refused to retreat an inch from the previous stands with which the administration disagreed...