If the new Soviet series has followed the general pattern of previous Russian tests, the shots were roughly half fission and half fusion, meaning a fission yield of 30 to 40 megatons thus far.

If this attitude is seriously questioned in the Soviet Union, it does not necessarily follow that the majority of the society in which I live is too aware of the necessity for clarity on this ethical as well as aesthetic point of view.

If tests are to be resumed, the argument went, it is vital that the U. S. make plain that the onus belongs to the Soviet Union.

In response to Lord Chalfont's claim in that the Soviet Union was giving the European peace movement £ 100 million a year, Bruce Kent said, " If they were, it was certainly not getting to our grotty little office in Finsbury Park.

If the interceptors were placed in orbit, some of them could be positioned over the Soviet Union at all times.

:" If the second variant takes place and the imperialists invade Cuba with the aim of occupying it, the dangers of their aggressive policy are so great that after such an invasion the Soviet Union must never allow circumstances in which the imperialists could carry out a nuclear first strike against it.

If America had a guarantee against Soviet nuclear attacks, its critics argued, it would have first strike capability which would have been a politically and militarily destabilizing position.

If Soviet officers had launched them, many millions of US citizens could have been killed.

Khrushchev's 1958 suggestion of a joint Sino-Soviet fleet to counter the US 7th Fleet was angrily rejected by Mao Zedong, who told the Soviet ambassador " If you want to talk about joint cooperation, fine.

The Soviet leader countered by saying " If we could promise the people nothing but revolution, they would scratch their heads and say ' Isn't it better to have good goulash?

* 1988: The Prisoner of Castle If, Soviet miniseries starring Viktor Avilov ( Count of Monte Cristo ) and Aleksei Petrenko ( Abbé Faria ), composer is Alexander Gradsky

If the Jews will be allowed to do as they will, like they are permitted in their Soviet heaven, then they will fulfill their most insane plans.

If the Soviet Union had captured the city of Oulu, the Finns would have had to defend the country on two fronts and an important rail link to Sweden would have been severed.

If the Soviet Union launched a sneak attack and the US did not respond immediately, the majority of their missiles and strategic bombers might be caught on the ground.

If they chose to respond in kind and attack the remaining Soviet missile fleet, there would be little to respond with if the Soviets immediately launched against US cities.

If the Poles and eastern Slavs in the territories given to the Soviet Union had remained in Poland, the National Democrats would have never won an election.

As Vladimir Tismăneanu says, " If one does not grasp the role of political thugs such as the Soviet spies

In a March 2, 1944 article directed to the Ukrainian youth, written by military leaders, Soviet partisans were blamed for the murders of Poles and Ukrainians, and the authors stated that " If God forbid, among those who committed such inhuman acts, a Ukrainian hand was found, it will be forever excluded from the Ukrainian national community.

If the war turned ' hot ', the country would become a major nuclear battleground — Soviet nuclear weapon-armed bombers would attack through Canadian airspace to destroy their American targets, while American interceptors would swarm the airspace to shoot them down.

If the state parliaments and governments were not clearly dominated by communists, as had resulted from the last somewhat free elections in the Soviet zone in 1946, the Soviet Union would have had to waive the establishment of a communist dictatorship in the Soviet zone.

If the West is too stupid and blind to grasp this, then I shall be compelled to come to an agreement with the Russians, beat the West and then after their defeat turn against the Soviet Union with all my forces.

If necessary, Finland was to ask for Soviet military aid to do so.

If we sit here reading editorials and looking at public-opinion polls and other reports that cross our desks, we should realize that this is raw, undigested opinion expressed in the absence of leadership.

If U. S. officials can " help clean up his image " and lift the ban on arms sales to the Panamanian Defense Force, Noriega will "' take care of ' the Sandinista leadership for us.

If the Speaker's party loses control of the House in an election, and if the Speaker and Majority Leader both remain in the leadership hierarchy, that would mean that they would become the Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively.

If anything his tenure at the Department of Foreign Affairs helped him to achieve the leadership of the party.

If you would like to learn more about Baldwin and LaFontaine a Canadian Historical minute has been made concerning their rise into leadership which can be viewed here Baldwin and LaFontaine Historical Minute

When asked in a 2001 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary on the resurgence of the PC Party if he would ever consider running for the PC leadership, MacKay quipped, " If there's one thing I've learned in politics it's ' never say never.

If a black woman assumed a role of leadership, she was said to be eroding black manhood, to be hindering the progress of the black race.

If a handler is bitten, it is generally interpreted as a lack of faith or failure to follow the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

If no immediate threat is pending, any Garou of sufficient standing may challenge another's position of leadership.

If the challenger wins, he assumes the mantle of leadership ; if he loses, he must accept the leader's dictates with good grace.

If the leadership wants a bill pushed forward quietly, for instance, there might be no debate time scheduled ; if they want attention, they might allow time for lengthy speeches in support of the bill.

She then takes the staff of leadership and declares, " If the Council has lost its way, if it will not lead, if we have abandoned our covenant with Valen ... then the council should be broken ... as was prophesied!

The GPO constitution requires that a leadership review be held bi-annually ; If more than one-third of voting members had opted for a review, a leadership race would have been held in 2006.

If one of those leaders were college educated, it was most likely he went to the University of Florida and, to a large measure, it was consistent that student leaders at the University of Florida would likely remain in Florida and would assume roles of leadership within the professional, political, governmental, business, education cultural, religious, and social life of the state.

If the old majority leadership refused to stand aside, the new majority could file a discharge petition to elect a new Speaker.

If the Marine NCO is selected, he or she is given additional leadership and management training during the Warrant Officer Basic Course.

If the country's relationship with Israel is Favourable at an aggressive stance, but its stability rate is below Fair, it will attempt to keep that relationship level due to its unstable leadership, even if the player attempts to reduce relations.

If Gao's views of the importance of the army in the revolution had prevailed, they would have contradicted Mao's interpretation of CCP history, and would have threatened Mao's preeminent position of leadership.

If the release of the Clipper had been saved until after the war, and been in a style closer to that Dutch Darrin proposed in 1940, Packard would have been in a position of styling leadership.

If the minister does this, he will not only staunch any funds outflow, he will show leadership and be seen as someone who is coming up with a solution that can be copied all over the world.

If government agencies are simply members of a private organization, the actions of the organization are not state action, but if the government is " pervasively entwined " with the leadership of the private organization, the acts of the organization are state action ( Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, 535 U. S. 971 ( 2002 )).

If the management team is efficient, the company will be left without experienced leadership following a takeover.

If I can just plant a seed for the Jewish woman's larger participation — if perhaps it will open a way for women students to train for congregational leadership — then my life would have some meaning.