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Americans are terrified of the Soviet Union and its arsenal of nuclear weapons.†
p. 40.1

nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
On April 12 the Soviets stunned the world by launching the first man into space, proving to one and all that they have rockets capable of carrying nuclear warheads all the way to the United States.†
p. 45.1
In addition, Khrushchev and his Politburo are thumbing their noses at an international nuclear test ban by exploding two 40-megaton nuclear weapons over the Arctic, one week apart.†
p. 90.1
In addition, Khrushchev and his Politburo are thumbing their noses at an international nuclear test ban by exploding two 40-megaton nuclear weapons over the Arctic, one week apart.†
p. 90.1
Each of the airplanes is capable of launching nuclear weapons from thousands of feet up in the air.†
p. 108.3
The detonated nuclear warheads could kill eighty million Americans within a matter of minutes.†
p. 108.4
The thought of losing Caroline and John to an atomic bomb terrifies Kennedy, for his children are always on his mind when he deals with the Soviets and the issue of nuclear war.†
p. 108.9
The president is lobbying for an international nuclear test ban and characterizes himself as "President of generations unborn—and not just American generations."†
p. 108.9
Once, on a visit to a New Mexico nuclear testing ground, Kennedy was astounded at the enormity of the crater left by a recent underground test explosion.†
p. 108.9
Photos taken by U-2 spy planes show that the Soviet missiles are still being prepared for launch, but for the time being, they probably lack the nuclear warheads that would make them lethal.†
p. 112.3
The third is a naval blockade of Cuban waters, preventing the Soviet ships carrying nuclear warheads from reaching the missiles.†
p. 112.5
But two things are apparent: those missiles must be removed and, far more important, those nuclear warheads cannot be allowed to reach Cuba.†
p. 112.7
Kennedy skillfully guided the subject toward the topic of nuclear weapons.†
p. 113.1
What will become known as the Cuban missile crisis is now four days old, and his ExComm team—short for Executive Committee of the National Security Council—is close to formulating an aggressive strategy to avert a nuclear attack.†
p. 113.6
So the president finally tells Jackie about the possibility of a nuclear war.†
p. 114.6
It is Ethel who gives White House nanny Maud Shaw a pamphlet on how to prepare children for nuclear war—a pamphlet that Jackie snatches away moments later.†
p. 115.8
The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.†
p. 116.9
Oswald is firmly convinced that President Kennedy is putting the world on the brink of nuclear war by taking such an aggressive stance against the Soviets.†
p. 117.8
When the air force's defense readiness condition (Defcon) is upgraded to Defcon 2—only Defcon 1, which means that nuclear war is imminent, is higher—Captain Dugard instantly realizes that there will be no vacation.†
p. 120.1
"The Soviet government considers that the violation of the freedom to use international waters and international air space is an act of aggression which pushes mankind toward the abyss of a world nuclear missile war," Khrushchev lectures JFK.†
p. 121.1
'The weapons he has persuaded Castro to take are Soviet-made, manned by Soviet soldiers and technicians, tipped with Soviet nuclear warheads—and brought to Cuba aboard Soviet ships.†
p. 121.7
That makes the Soviet dictator smile: his nuclear warheads are equivalent to 1 million tons.†
p. 122.1
Now Nikita Khrushchev's relentless quest for power has put the world on the brink of nuclear war.†
p. 124.2
The Soviet leader insists that he is not trying to incite nuclear war: "Only lunatics or suicides, who themselves want to perish and to destroy the whole world before they die, could do this," he writes.†
p. 127.9
The prospect of nuclear war has never been greater.†
p. 128.8
And if that happens, the Russians will be forced to fire nuclear missiles.†
p. 129.5
The Russian dictator sees that the American president is willing to conduct a nuclear war if pushed to the limit.†
p. 129.8 *
Only the captain of the SS France is told that the Mona Lisa is on board, and security is so intense as she is brought on that guests speculate that the metal box actually holds a secret nuclear device.†
p. 140.9
The president has a room at the Ritz-Carlton overlooking Boston Common, where he spends the first night of Patrick's life restlessly passing the hours reading up on documents for a nuclear test ban treaty.†
p. 196.6
In the past five days alone, he has helped Montana's farmers by approving a massive wheat sale to the Soviet Union, brokered a global ban on the testing of nuclear weapons, cut income taxes, and even stood before the UN General Assembly promising to send men to the moon.†
p. 210.7

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(1) (nucleus)
the center (or most important part) of something
such 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)

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