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The flash, the chaos, the mushroomcloud, the reverberation were all in precise order; nothing new, nothing startling, and I imagine the rest of the country, as I did, turned away from the radio with a distinct feeling of having been let down.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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It writhed and spumed upward in great clumps, culminating in enormous, overhanging caps inevitably suggesting the mushroomcloud of the bomb.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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The move puts the Conservatives 'most capable Quebec minister in charge of the toxic atomic energy file, and makes Paradis official cheerleader for the Alberta oil sands that are about as popular as a mushroomcloud in his home province.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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The foreign minister also said a statement issued a day earlier by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang that China sees no problem in continuing work in the gas field, known as Tianwaitian in China and Kashi in Japan, was '' unacceptable '' to Japan. mushroomcloud at 08: 13 AM JST - 5th January
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One fell to the moon in February, while the other has been measuring gravity around the moon and is still in orbit. mushroomcloud at 05: 29 AM JST - 11th June
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But ministry officials expressed shock after hearing the man had confessed to killing the former vice minister for a reason apparently unrelated to the pension scandal. mushroomcloud at 07: 13 AM JST - 23rd November
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