atomics

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Many an eager-beaver company found that out when it jumped into atomics in 1954 after the Government first permitted firms to own reactors, was forced to drop out in the face of expense and uncertainty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Far from concealing information, the nations were competing with one another to tell what they have accomplished in peaceful atomics.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Leslie Groves, Grand Panjandrum of military atomics, made a minor concession to the cause of science.

From Time Magazine Archive

In atomics, G.E. got a head start in 1946, when it took over operation of the Hanford works from Du Pont.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hunger rattled its dry bones among the roasting chestnuts in the turned cylinder; Hunger was shred into atomics in every farthing porringer of husky chips of potato, fried with some reluctant drops of oil.

From A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles