This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.

The reader meets a few old friends like Blimp and the TUC horse, and becomes better acquainted with new members of the cast of characters like the bomb itself, and civilization in her classic robe watching the nuclear arms race, her hair standing straight out.

The race itself will consist of a predefined course through the channels with 25 to 30 changes of direction.

The making was a race itself, as John Sturges and Steve McQueen planned to make a similar movie titled Day of the Champion.

Not only has Secretariat's record time stood for 39 years and counting, but in the race itself, he did something unique in Triple Crown races: each successive quarter, his times were faster.

In addition to the race itself, a number of traditions play a large role in the Derby atmosphere.

In its modern usage, the idea that a part of the Americas has affinity with the Romance cultures as a whole can be traced back to the 1830s, in the writing of the French Saint-Simonian Michel Chevalier, who postulated that this part of the Americas was inhabited by people of a " Latin race " and that it could, therefore, ally itself with " Latin Europe " in a struggle with " Teutonic Europe ", " Anglo-Saxon America " and " Slavic Europe ".

When order starts to return to the Confederation and Joshua Calvert is questioned as to why he moved the human race to such an isolated space he justified himself by saying that this will allow humanity to avert another " reality dysfunction " as this isolation will force itself to look inwards and re-evaluate itself as a whole.

Since the second half of the twentieth century the associations of race with the ideologies and theories that grew out of the work of 19th-century anthropologists and physiologists has led to the use of the word race itself becoming problematic.

A major race is defined as one that developed jump technology independently, and thus got an early start on establishing itself in interstellar society.

" Today, the UMC is generally considered one of the more moderate and tolerant denominations with respect to race, gender, and ideology, though the denomination itself actually includes a very wide spectrum of attitudes.

In its constitution, the organization pledged itself to " champion the cause of human freedom, promote equality of opportunity for all people, seek to eliminate everywhere in the world any form of discrimination or subjugation based on race, religion, sex or origin, oppose and combat totalitarianism and aggression in any form ".

The race itself saw Sommer and Nuvolari take a two lap lead before their fuel tank developed a hole, which was plugged by chewing gum whilst in the pits.

Powell then said there was " the Hispanic factor ": " If we could gather together all the anxieties for the future which in Britain cluster around race relations ... and then attribute them, translated into Hispanic terms, to the Americans, we would have something of the phobias which haunt the United States and addressed itself to the aftermath of the Falklands campaign ".

I think the human race is going to wreck itself, and it is important that we get control of this horrible force and try to eliminate it.

Affluence, automation, consumerism, and American power would grow ; social equity would simply take care of itself on a rising tide of abundance ; women would still be confined largely to the domestic realm ; the human race would master nature through technology rather than view it in terms of ecology.

Burnside's two other divisions, made up of white troops, would then move in, supporting Ferrero's flanks and race for Petersburg itself.

In 2007 new MotoGP regulations limited the number of tyres any rider could use over the practice and qualifying period, and the race itself, to a maximum of 31 tyres ( 14 fronts and 17 rears ) per rider.

At the end of his speech, Ventura stated before a live audience that if America proves itself worthy, then " in 2012 we'll give them a race they'll never forget!

Segregation is not discrimination ... Mr. President, it is the law of nature, it is the law of God, that every race has both the right and the duty to perpetuate itself.

Indeed, Brown I itself did not need to rely upon any psychological or social-science research in order to announce the simple, yet fundamental truth that the Government cannot discriminate among its citizens on the basis of race.

However, other morals can often be taken from the story itself ; for instance, that " arrogance or overconfidence in one's abilities may lead to failure or the loss of an event, race, or contest ".

Lou Gehrig was given the nickname Buster, and he ran Ruth a close race in home runs.

Maris ran the 100-yard dash in ten seconds in high school and once won a race against Luis Aparicio, the swift, base-stealing shortstop of the White Sox.

In 1839, Johnson entered the race for re-election to his House seat, initially as a Whig ; when another Whig entry arose, to enhance his position in the campaign, he ran as a Democrat and was elected to his second, non-consecutive term in the Tennessee House.

One of his paraphrases from a well-known line in Ecclesiastes ran: " The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's how the smart money bets.

Although the first race meet proved a success, the track ran into financial difficulties and in 1894 the New Louisville Jockey Club was incorporated with new capitalization and improved facilities.

The " Le Mans start " was formerly used in the 24 hour race: drivers lined up across the track from their cars, ran across the track, jumped into their cars and started them to begin the race.

It ran from 1959 through 1963 with two goals: putting a human in orbit around the Earth, and doing it before the Soviet Union, as part of the early space race.

Young John refuses the prize, saying he could not possibly marry the princess unless she wished to marry him, and that he ran the race for the chance to get to know Atalanta.

It was the first time in the 54 years of the Daytona 500 that the race was not only postponed, but ran as a night race.

# It was the only race in which a major political party intentionally ran several presidential candidates.

Then in 1950 came the fast and dangerous Carrera Panamericana, a road race in stages across Mexico to celebrate the opening of the asphalt highway between the Guatemala and United States borders, which ran until 1954.

In 1967, a group of American offroaders created the Mexican 1000 Rally, a tough 1, 000 mile race for cars and motorcycles which ran the length of the Baja California peninsula, much of it initially over roadless desert, which quickly gained fame as the Baja 1000, today run by the SCORE organization.

He ran the first 3 / 4 of a mile in 1: 08 and finished the one mile race in 1: 33, equalling the track record.

Unfortunately, when pushing too hard through the final corner of the track during the race, he ran wide onto the dirty side of the kerb, launching the car towards the pit wall.

As the programme for the Tonbridge School sports day notes, on 12 March 1880 – Rivers's sixteenth birthday – he ran in the mile race.

The car ran second for much of the race before pitting with engine problems at 12: 39 pm.

He qualified sixth, however, due to his lack of experience in this type of car, he elected to start the race from the back of the field and ran there for most of the race.

Less than two weeks after his defeat in the Arc, Nijinsky ran his last race in the Champion Stakes oven ten furlongs at Newmarket.

The race started in Marathon, and ran for 40 kilometres over dusty roads to Athens.

Born in Riverdale, Illinois, Robinson ran her first 100 meter race on March 30, aged 16.

He ran a race at Olympia, against his brothers Aetolus and Paeon, winning his father's kingdom.