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Recent Examples of nuclear
The production marks a significant reimagining of the comedy masterpiece about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear attack.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
Advocates argue that a significant US troop presence in the Korean Peninsula is crucial to deterring any potential attack from North Korea as Kim Jong Un’s regime continues to build its nuclear arsenal, and as a way of bolstering the US presence in the region to counter China’s aggression.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
Gamma radiation is particularly concerning as this high-frequency energy can move through solid objects and human tissue, damaging DNA molecules and raising a person’s risk for cancer, according to Daniel Hirsch, retired director of environmental and nuclear policy at UC Santa Cruz.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
As an example, the company cited Microsoft’s role in restarting the accident-scarred Three Mile Island nuclear plant to supply energy to its data centers.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
Advocates argue that a significant US troop presence in the Korean Peninsula is crucial to deterring any potential attack from North Korea as Kim Jong Un’s regime continues to build its nuclear arsenal, and as a way of bolstering the US presence in the region to counter China’s aggression.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
Gamma radiation is particularly concerning as this high-frequency energy can move through solid objects and human tissue, damaging DNA molecules and raising a person’s risk for cancer, according to Daniel Hirsch, retired director of environmental and nuclear policy at UC Santa Cruz.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
As an example, the company cited Microsoft’s role in restarting the accident-scarred Three Mile Island nuclear plant to supply energy to its data centers.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
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He was dressed in full black and wore a gas mask and ballistic helmet over his face and head in addition to a bullet-resistant vest, leggings, throat protector, groin protector and tactical gloves.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recently, researchers blew this ballistic mystery wide open.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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Photo: Disney Beyond that, Disney films also had a berserk sense of spectacle and showmanship that distinguished them.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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Which, of course, drove the audience completely berserk.Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
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At first glance, Torres’ debut film seems like a quirky, millennial visual feast about a desperate El Salvadorian and a maniac artist.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
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None of this pays off in any fashion, as potentially interesting plot threads are rapidly dropped in favor of a typical maniac plot.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2023
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Watching him dance and sing with a room full of demented goblins never really gets old.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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What begins as a seeming act of kindness on Steven’s part soon turns into a truly demented version of Sophie’s Choice.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
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The same is true of their treatment of Number One, Luther, who is gravely harmed on a doomed solo mission and injected with a life-saving experimental serum that transforms his body into that of an ape-human hybrid.Crispin Long, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022
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Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti-ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species’ worldview.New York Times, New York Times, 13 May 2021
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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