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Page 260
... United States - indeed they boast about it - that in the first nuclear strike between powers as well equipped as the United States and Soviet Russia , between a quarter and half the inhabitants in each of those countries would be killed ...
... United States - indeed they boast about it - that in the first nuclear strike between powers as well equipped as the United States and Soviet Russia , between a quarter and half the inhabitants in each of those countries would be killed ...
Page 305
... United States has quite another objective , an anti - human one , too hugely visible to be concealed , and indeed already partly achieved . This mode of rocket development began as a means of military espionage and now has come to a ...
... United States has quite another objective , an anti - human one , too hugely visible to be concealed , and indeed already partly achieved . This mode of rocket development began as a means of military espionage and now has come to a ...
Page 375
... united in time by a network of communication systems , and however separated in time , are united in space through books , discs , taped records , and frequent , quickly arranged face - to - face meetings . Hence resistance to the ...
... united in time by a network of communication systems , and however separated in time , are united in space through books , discs , taped records , and frequent , quickly arranged face - to - face meetings . Hence resistance to the ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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