All 10 Uses
nucleus
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
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- He also insisted that he would not sacrifice his proposed nuclear missiles in space—his beloved Star Wars plan—to a nuclear arms agreement with the Soviet Union.†
p. 92.5nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
- He also insisted that he would not sacrifice his proposed nuclear missiles in space—his beloved Star Wars plan—to a nuclear arms agreement with the Soviet Union.†
p. 92.5
- "There was a nuclear test yesterday—the first U.S. explosion of eighty-seven," I said.†
p. 227.5
- Here I am, talking about nuclear war and the usual, self-righteous, American arrogance, and Canon Mackie wants to talk about me.†
p. 228.2 *
- Now Reagan has given the Soviets an open invitation to test nuclear weapons of their own; and if he proceeds with his missiles-in-space plans, he'll give the Soviets an open invitation to junk the treaty of nineteen seventy-two, as well!†
p. 228.9
- How can they be pardoned for Vietnam, for their conduct in Nicaragua, for their steadfast and gross contribution to the proliferation of nuclear arms?†
p. 230.3
- I doubt that Owen ever would have become "sophisticated" enough to make that separation—not even today, when it seems that the only people who are adamant in their claim that public and private morality are inseparable are those creep-evangelists who profess to "know" that God prefers capitalists to communists, and nuclear power to long hair.†
p. 375.8
- THIS IS NO BIG DEAL, THIS IS JUST A BIT OF NUCLEAR BLUFFING—NOTHING HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF THIS.†
p. 440.9
- MEANWHILE, I KNOW THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE STAFF DUTY OFFICER'S NOTEBOOK BY HEART—'UPON WARNING OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK YOU SHOULD NOTIFY ...'†
p. 504.4
- "Are you actually accusing me of intentionally desiring to look like the lunatic victim of a nuclear disaster?" my grandmother would ask them.†
p. 524.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(nucleus) the center (or most important part) of somethingsuch as:
- in physics: the center of an atom where protons & neutrons are found
- in biology: the center of a cell where DNA is found
- in sociology: the closest family (mother/father/children in contrast to the extended family)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)