World War III
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The leadership contenders reveal their literary influences...A Walk In The Woods. Fiction which has shaped his view of the world includes George Orwell's 1984, Nevil Shute's 1957 imagining of a post-World War III world On The Beach, and John Steinbeck's searing account of 20th century American... In this article: Carwyn Jones, Labour, Edwina Hart, Michael Foot, Wales, Emma, and PD James |
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USATODAY.com | 17 hours ago
A solo JoBro: Nick's album has a 'more rootsy' sound
...Garden, Olive & An Arrow, Conspiracy Theory and State of Emergency, plays off of Jonas' much-publicized fascination with the presidency. World War III, from the most recent Jonas Brothers album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times, initially...
In this article: Nick Jonas, Jonas Brothers, USA Today, David Ryan Harris, New Power Generation, Michael Bland, and Tonight
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The Stanford Daily | 1 day ago
Modern Warfare 2: It's Like The First One, Only Better
...just lose their significance after the 10th straight hour of multiplayer. The plot revolves around a terrorist plot to spark World War III between the United States and Russia. As a result, half of the missions in the game take place in...
In this article: Modern Warfare 2, Washington, D.C., United States, and Russia
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Esquire | 2 days ago
Seven Reasons to Give Thanks That the World Didn't End This Year
Economic meltdown? Social anarchy? World War III? Go humbug yourself. Our foreign-policy analyst looks back on the 2009 fears that weren't, so we can all count our global blessings this holiday season. A year ago, as the global financial...
In this article: Islam, International Monetary Fund, China, Rum, WTO, Tequila, Goat, and Smoot-Hawley
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Kansas City Star | 2 days ago
The end shouldn't be the beginning
...“Miracle Mile,” an accidentally intercepted phone call from a missile silo convinces a man (Anthony Edwards) that World War III has broken out. It ends with a nuclear blast and the two main characters crashing in a...
In this article: The Road, Viggo Mortensen, Cormac McCarthy, Anthony Edwards, LaBrea Tar Pits, Dr. Strangelove, Roland Emmerich, Zack Snyder, and Stanley Kubrick
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | 3 days ago
US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles [Weapons]
...for recognizing remote battlegrounds. The solution: Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles loaded with weaponized spy bots. The side-effect: World War III. See, the US Army is right. ICBMs are the fastest way to deploy ISR-Intelligence,...
In this article: US Army, Cotton candy, Darpa, US, and Alaska
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Wired Top Stories | 3 days ago
Army Eyes Missiles Filled With Flying Spy Bots
...nuclear missile, because it would look and fly too much like an atomic attacker. Any shot contained the potential to inadvertently start World War III. Presumably, this Army project might start with a different sort of a missile, to avoid...
In this article: Trident nuclear missile, Wired.com, Darpa, and U.S.
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PC World: Latest Technology News | 4 days ago
IBM and AT&T Unveil Cloud Computing Services
...EC2 is at least catchy and easy to remember. Smart Analytics Cloud and Synaptic Computer Service sound ominous and invoke images of starting World War III by playing thermonuclear war with WOPR. Tony Bradley tweets as @PCSecurityNews, and...
In this article: IBM, AT&T, Cloud computing, Amazon, Google, AT&T, Microsoft, and Android
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RSS feed from 1UP | 5 days ago
Record of Agarest War Also Being Released On Xbox 360
...to reconsider. As it turns out, a PlayStation Network-exclusive release of Agarest was - or rather, would have been - the catalyst for World War III. The gaming community was torn apart - literally - by this apparent favoritism, and from that...
In this article: Record of Agarest War, Xbox 360, PlayStation Network, PlayStation 3, and Japan
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Cleveland Plain Dealer | 7 days ago
The Rev. Kenneth W. Chalker says that despite the bad economy, there is much to be thankful for: Messages of Faith
There was Thanksgiving 1963, for instance, when many thought the assassination of President John Kennedy was the opening horror of World War III. In that same season, the activities of the unbridled evil of the Boston Strangler proved...
In this article: Thanksgiving, Cleveland, God, Halloween, First United Methodist Church, and Stroke
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Washington Times | November 12, 2009
Prologue for a mistaken policy
...and national security. The nuclear stalemate between this country and the former Soviet Union played a critical role in preventing World War III. And, however ambiguous, Israel's implicit nuclear deterrent is required for that...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Louis Rene Beres, Paul E. Vallely, Thomas McInerney, Israel, Jihad, and Cicero
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World War III was a miniseries, aired on the NBC network television in 1982. The plot consisted of a Soviet invasion of Alaska (in order to destroy the U.S. oil pipeline) due to a grain embargo enacted against the Soviet Union by the United States. A small US military force discovers the presence of the Soviet invaders and attempts to defend a pumping station along the pipeline where the Soviets can send charges through the line and thus cause miles of damage. The film focuses on a number of cold war themes, including brinksmanship and the mutual distrust of both sides as they attempt to resolve the issue diplomatically while escalating their military alert levels to force the other side to back down. Ultimately, the stand-off escalates into a war. The all-star cast included Rock Hudson as the President of the United States, Brian Keith as the Soviet Premier, Cathy Lee Crosby and David Soul. Director Boris Sagal was killed in a helicopter accident during the early stages of production, and was replaced by David Greene.
According to some sources, including Rock Hudson prior to his death, the ending of the miniseries was left so that either a sequel miniseries or a full season series could be spun off if the first miniseries was a ratings success. However, it was not, and the film ends with the President releasing US nuclear forces against the Soviets and vice-versa as the Soviets feel that the US will not abandon the grain embargo, and a rather Fail-Safe-esque photo montage of large groups of people across the globe in various international settings looking up to the skies as the sound effects of missiles and jets escalate in tone and volume, concluding with a shot of a sunset and then a quick cut to black.
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