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Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of warfare, both by the United States near the end of World War II.
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Only two principal storehouses were actually established -- one at Mobile, the other at New Orleans.
Only two people in the state of Illinois knew that I was entering Hanover State Hospital under an assumed name, or why.
Only two teams in each league ( the Yankees and Detroit, the Dodgers and Cincinnati ) are battling for first place.
Only in its final scene, where Beatie Bryant ( Mary Doyle ) shakes off the disappointment of being jilted by her intellectual lover and proclaims her emancipation do we get much which makes worthwhile the series of boorish rustic happenings we have had to watch for most of the first two and one-half acts.
Only they two see the descending angelic warriors rallying to the pope's defense, while all others in the background reliefs, persist in performing their respective earthly duties.
Only two fragments of the overall plan were ever realized: the Finlandia Hall concert hall ( 1976 ) fronting Töölö Bay, and an office building in the Kamppi district for the Helsinki Electricity Company ( 1975 ).
( Only two stadiums owned by U. S. colleges or universities — Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University — consist entirely of chairback seating.
Only two weeks after the agreement, the Soviets had removed the missile systems and their support equipment, loading them onto eight Soviet ships from November 5 – 9.
Only two Dravidian languages are exclusively spoken outside India, Brahui and Dhangar, a dialect of Kurukh.
She continued to have hits with " Heartbreaker " ( 1978 ), " Baby I'm Burning " and " You're the Only One " ( both 1979 ), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart ; 1979's " Sweet Summer Lovin '" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart ( though it still nonetheless reached the top ten ).
In 1997 Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky with Stars " and " Only If ..."; " Only If ..." later became a single.
Only two people are known to have read two independent editions: the author C. S. Forester and Amos Urban Shirk, an American businessman, who read the 11th and 14th editions, devoting roughly three hours per night for four and a half years to read the 11th.
Only two models of this latter were built and the only surviving example is currently stored at the Lomonosov University in Moscow.
Only a total of five letters between the couple are known to have survived, two letters from Martha to George and three from him to Martha.
Only two ferry services consistently show profits: the Rosignol-New Amsterdam and the Parika-Adventure.
Only and nuclear
Only after 1915, with the suggestion and evidence that this Z number was also the nuclear charge and a physical characteristic of atoms, did the word and its English equivalent atomic number come into common use.
Only one country has been known to ever dismantle their nuclear arsenal completely — the apartheid government of South Africa apparently developed half a dozen crude fission weapons during the 1980s, but they were dismantled in the early 1990s.
Only once a star has exhausted all its nuclear fuel can it collapse to such a small size, and so planetary nebulae came to be understood as a final stage of stellar evolution.
The notion of a supervillain threatening world leaders with a nuclear device has since become a cliché, and has been parodied in Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, The Simpsons episode " You Only Move Twice ", and other espionage spoofs.
Only the first ( diagonal ) kinetic energy term in this equation survives in the case of well-separated surfaces and a diagonal, uncoupled, set of nuclear motion equations results,
" The climate findings and an updated summary of the medical consequences of nuclear war are available in an IPPNW publication, Zero Is the Only Option: Four Medical and Environmental Cases for Eradicating Nuclear Weapons.
Only in 1974 did the company begin to build nuclear reactors in Sweden ( the Ringhals 1 and 2 reactors ), eventually owning seven of Sweden's 12 reactors.
Only the President can direct the use of nuclear weapons, including the Single Integrated Operational Plan ( SIOP ).
Only the raids on Hamburg ( July 24, 1943 – July 29, 1943 ), the March 9 – 10, 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima ( August 6, 1945 ) and Nagasaki ( August 9, 1945 ) killed more people through a single attack.
Only a very few experimental civil nuclear ships have been built ; the elimination of fossil fuel has not outweighed the technical, economic and political difficulties of this application of nuclear power.
Only the United States possessed the broad technology base in science and engineering, vast resources of skilled and semi-skilled manpower ; and, an industrial infrastructure which could accept the burden of the development and production of nuclear weapons, concurrent with the meeting of the day-to-day production demands of the war.
Films like Thunderball ( 1965 ), You Only Live Twice ( 1967 ), Diamonds Are Forever ( 1971 ), The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ), Octopussy ( 1983 ), Tomorrow Never Dies ( 1997 ) and The World Is Not Enough ( 1999 ) involve nuclear weapons.
Only by a concerted effort to free the world of nuclear weapons could the terrifying trend be reversed.
Only the President of the Republic is authorised to launch nuclear weapons ; an officer of the French military is always to be present near him, carrying a briefcase with the necessary equipment to authorise a launch.
Only in the 1950s did the myth of the happy, nuclear family as the correct family structuration arise.
Only three forces in the United Kingdom routinely arm officers due to the nature of their work ; the Ministry of Defence Police who are responsible law enforcement on MOD property, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary who guard civil nuclear facilities, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Only and weapons
Only Hezbollah retained its weapons, and was supported by Lebanon's parliament in doing so, because it officially for defending Lebanon against the Israeli occupation.
Only external components such as optical systems, antennas, externally mounted weapons systems or ventilation ports and openings can be damaged, which can make a tank virtually " blind " or allow burning gasoline to seep into the vehicle, forcing the crew to at least open the hatches or perhaps abandon the vehicle.
: Only teach thy sons the bow and all weapons of war, in order that they may fight the battles of their brother who will rule over his enemies.
Only 13 targets on the list are facilities associated with chemical and biological weapons or ballistic missiles, and three are southern Republican Guard bases that might be involved in a repeat invasion of Kuwait.
Only gradually did a full complement of more modern weapons, equipment, and transport begin reaching the division in 1940.
Only those " firearms " positively identified as being imitations or air weapons ( e. g., by being recovered by the police or by being fired ) are classed as such, so the actual numbers are likely to be significantly higher.
Only those items proven to be " imitations " ( which includes BB / soft air types ) or air weapons are classed as such, otherwise they are placed by default in the main " live " categories, e. g. an imitation pistol not proven to be such would be counted as a live " handgun.
Only a few thousand people have been evacuated from the surface when the Inhibitors come so close to Resurgam's star that Volyova begins deploying the cache weapons in the hope that they will be able to buy more time.
Only the handgun has unlimited ammunition, though players can shoot yellow-clad soldiers to gain ammunition for their other weapons.
Only the rocket-thrown weapons ( ASROC and Ikara ) are available for use in all-weather conditions and at instant readiness.
Only the surprise resulting from the effectiveness of the Spaniards ' weapons — swords, crossbows, and firearms — put the more numerous Indians to flight, and allowed the Spaniards to re-embark, having suffered the first injuries of the expedition.
Only giant space weapons ( such as the Solar System superweapon in 0083 ) or specialized mobile suit weapons ( such as the Twin Buster Rifle in Gundam Wing or the Satellite Cannon in Gundam X ) could ever hope to damage a falling colony significantly enough to prevent large-scale terrestrial damage.
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