atom bomb

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ gothic fantasia is up for 11 trophies, while Christopher Nolan’s atom-bomb epic has 13 nominations for the British prizes, known as BAFTAs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024

His best movies arose directly from the suburban ennui of the Eisenhower era he grew up in: atom-bomb drills in school, the Bomb itself, 1950s television, consumerism, mindless conformity.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2017

Then, for the duration, Dr. Rhoads was preoccupied with wartime problems�blood procurement, gas casualties and atom-bomb casualties.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1944 he was at a conference in peaceful Switzerland to hear a lecture by Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel prizewinning physicist who headed Hitler's atom-bomb project.

From Time Magazine Archive

Observer units would be flown over the planet, with instruments to locate atom-bomb plants and possibly uranium deposits.

From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)