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Eisenhower Delivers His Chance for Peace/Cross of Iron Speech, II
“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.”
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John Warnock
Eisenhower Delivers his Chance for Peace/Cross of Iron Speech, I
The release of atomic energy has changed everything save our mode of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
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John Warnock
An Account of the Report of the State Department's Disarmament Panel is Heard by Eisenhower
Candor: openness of mind, impartiality, frankness, freedom from reserve or disguise, from Latin candor, brightness, radiance, from candere to shine.
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John Warnock

December 2024

Eisenhower Is Introduced To The Office
The release of atomic energy has changed everything save our mode of thinking, and thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.
More Tests of the Super
I met a traveller from an antique land,
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The First Test of the Super
Since February 2021, I have been posting weekly entries on nuclear weapon matters—history and technology, and “secrets”—in You Might Want to Know on…
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We Go for the Super
Since February 2021, I have been posting weekly entries on nuclear weapon matters—history and technology, and “secrets”—in You Might Want to Know on…
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John Warnock
Next: Bohr Sees a Chance. And Ups the Ante. Part Two
There can never be complete agreement on international control and the administration of atomic energy or on general disarmament until there is a…
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John Warnock
Bohr Sees a Chance. And Ups the Ante.
A talent for speaking differently, rather than arguing well, is the chief instrument of cultural change. Richard Rorty
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John Warnock

November 2024

They Have One Now. Do We? Don't We? A Second Chance?
Since February 2021, I have been posting weekly entries on nuclear weapon matters—history and technology, and “secrets”—in You Might Want to Know on…
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John Warnock
They Have One Now. Do We? Don't We?
Since February 2021, I have been posting weekly entries on nuclear weapon matters—history and technology, and “secrets”—in You Might Want to Know on…
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John Warnock
They Did It! Part Two
It was September 23, 1949 and President Truman was announcing to us that the Soviets had exploded their first atomic bomb.
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John Warnock
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