Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for SurvivalLime Tree, 1992 - 291 pages |
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Page 115
... nuclear explosives their ultimate resort . There are fewer military men today than military weapons , and the level of consump- tion has risen steeply . Nearly fifty years ago we deceived ourselves into thinking that that level would ...
... nuclear explosives their ultimate resort . There are fewer military men today than military weapons , and the level of consump- tion has risen steeply . Nearly fifty years ago we deceived ourselves into thinking that that level would ...
Page 117
... nuclear holocaust world of everlasting night , furious hurricanes , and polluted orange rain , a world " peopled " only by weeds and vermin . At Madrid in 1986 , International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War , which brings ...
... nuclear holocaust world of everlasting night , furious hurricanes , and polluted orange rain , a world " peopled " only by weeds and vermin . At Madrid in 1986 , International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War , which brings ...
Page 245
... nuclear fission ? How do we pursue on a global basis the possibilities of fusion ? Justifiably appalled by the nuclear arms race and by the safety and waste problems of nuclear power generation , we have been reluc- tant to develop ...
... nuclear fission ? How do we pursue on a global basis the possibilities of fusion ? Justifiably appalled by the nuclear arms race and by the safety and waste problems of nuclear power generation , we have been reluc- tant to develop ...
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Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
Our Country, The Planet: Forging A Partnership For Survival Shridath S. Ramphal No preview available - 1992 |
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