The Age of Radiance (82 page)

Ayers, Eben,
237

Baca, Rowena,
204

Baggott, Jim,
192

Bainbridge, Kenneth,
199

Barnes, Sidney,
82

Barnet, Richard,
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–40

Baruch, Bernard,
230

Baudino, John,
155

Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba,
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293
–94

Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond,
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Becquerel, Antoine César,
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Becquerel, Antoine Henri,
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Belarus,
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Chernobyl disaster’s effect on,
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–13,
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nuclear arsenal in,
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Bell, Daniel W.,
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Berg, Moe,
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–86,
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Bergeron, Ken,
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–46,
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Beria, Lavrenti,
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–34,
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beryllium,
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–27,
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Bethe, Hans,
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atomic bomb testing and,
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–97,
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concern about German progress by,
184

energy production in stars and,
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on Fermi,
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–61,
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–63,
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Heisenberg’s involvement in German bomb project and,
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–83

Los Alamos and,
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,
227

nuclear explosives research of,
147

Oppenheimer and,
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,
262

Szilard and,
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Teller and,
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158
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169
,
236
,
264

thermonuclear weapons and,
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Beveridge, Sir William,
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Bhabha, Homi Jehangir,
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Bikini, tests on,
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–73,
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,
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,
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,
356

Bitter, Gustav,
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–10

black holes,
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,
266

Blair, Bruce G.,
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,
292

Blandy, W. H. P.,
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Blayais nuclear power plant, France,
351

Bloch, Felix,
65

Bloomfield, Louis,
344

Bohr, Aage,
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Bohr, Harald,
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Bohr, Margrethe,
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Bohr, Niels,
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Cold War fears of,
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death of,
269

Einstein on,
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emigration to United States by,
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,
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191
–92

evacuation from Denmark of,
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–21,
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Fermi’s Nobel Prize and,
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German surveillance of,
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Hahn’s research and,
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Heisenberg’s involvement in German bomb project and,
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–82,
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Los Alamos research of,
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–76,
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–92,
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Manhattan Project and,
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Meitner’s support from,
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nuclear arms race concerns of,
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,
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Oppenheimer and,
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–92,
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personality of,
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Planck’s research and,
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research on nucleus by,
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–101,
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research secrecy and,
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,
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Szilard’s research and,
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Teller and,
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,
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uranium fission research and,
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Boltzmann, Ludwig,
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Borden, William,
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Borel, Marguerite,
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Borisevich, Valentin,
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Born, Max,
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Bosch, Carl,
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Bothe, Walther,
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Bourgeois, Henri,
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Bradbury, Norris,
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Bradley, Omar,
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–37,
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Bravo thermonuclear tests,
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–73,
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breeder reactors,
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Brenner, David,
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Bretscher, Egon,
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Briggs, Lyman,
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Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium,
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–19,
121
–22

Brighter than a Thousand Suns
(Jungk),
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Brixner, Berlyn,
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Brodie, Bernard,
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–83,
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Brooks, Linton,
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Brun, Jomar,
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Brzezinski, Zbigniew,
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Bundy, McGeorge,
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Bunn, Matthew,
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Burchett, Wilfred Graham,
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Bush, George H. W.,
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Bush, Vannevar

arms race and,
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,
252

atomic bomb research and,
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,
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German atomic bomb research and,
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Office of Scientific Research and Development and,
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Oppenheimer’s support by,
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Roosevelt and,
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test-ban agreement of,
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thermonuclear research and,
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–26,
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Byers, Eben,
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Byrnes, James,
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Caldicott, Helen,
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Campbell, Charles,
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Canada,
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cancer

iodine causing,
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nuclear medicine for treatment of,
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radiation exposure and risks for,
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radium treatments for,
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radon causing,
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X-rays and,
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carbon-14,
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Carter, Jimmy,
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Castle series of thermonuclear tests,
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Castro, Fidel,
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
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cesium,
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Chadwick, James,
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Chalmers, Thomas,
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Chernobyl, Ukraine,
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Chernobyl Forum,
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,
364
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365

Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, Ukraine,
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–26

containment attempts in,
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–22

deaths after,
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–18,
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emergency state after,
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evacuation after,
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fear of,
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financial cost of,
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fire with toxic fallout after,
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health effects of,
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as laboratory for scientists,
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local belief in Biblical prophecy about,
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location of,
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political effects of,
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radiation released in,
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ranking of, among other accidents,
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residents who stayed after,
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safety test precipitating,
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tourism to site of,
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wildlife sanctuary in years after,
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workers (liquidators) at,
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Chesser, Ron¸
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Chevalier, Haakon,
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Chicago Daily Tribune,
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Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) nuclear reactor,
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Chicago Pile-2 (CP-2) nuclear reactor,
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Chicago reactor, Argonne,
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China,
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China Syndrome, The
(movie),
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Churchill, Winston,
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CIA,
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Civil Defense Administration,
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Coatesworth, Janet,
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cobalt,
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Cohen, Bernard,
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Cohen, Lona (Helen),
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comics, radiation theme in,
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
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Compton, Arthur

atomic bomb development and,
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Chicago Met Lab under,
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CP-1 nuclear reactor and,
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Fermi’s work with,
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Oppenheimer’s work with,
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postwar research and,
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Compton, Betty,
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Comte, Auguste,
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Conant, James Bryant,
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arms race and,
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atomic bomb research and,
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,
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Briggs Committee and,
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Chicago nuclear research and,
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Oppenheimer’s support by,
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thermonuclear fusion and,
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Copenhagen
(Frayn),
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Corbino, Orso Mario,
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corium,
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–20,
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Corona surveillance-satellite program,
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Coster, Dirk,
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Counter-Intelligence Corps (Creeps), Manhattan Project,
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–55

Cowan, George,
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–27,
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Crocker, William,
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Cronkite, Walter,
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Crookes, Sir William,
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Cuba, Bay of Pigs invasion of,
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293
–94