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At the omaggi same time, the color image that filled the Sony's screen showed how the U.N. Security Council was trying omaggi to prevent omaggi the superpower confrontation at Fulda, Germany, from escalating up the threat ladder to a nuclear flashpoint. Soviet Prime Minister Nosenko, a communist hard liner, refused to budge, stating that he was no capitalist running dog like the recently deposed Mikhail Gorbachev. I turned to the Muntz and watched the funeral procession for Jackie Kennedy trundle down Pennsylvania Avenue and suddenly the programming on the Sony was interrupted by a special bulletin. "The Pentagon has just issued the following national security alert. Multiple missile launches have been detected from various parts of the U.S.S.R. These missiles are presumed to carry nuclear warheads and to be aimed at targets in the United States. All those with access to -- " I didn't hear any more. I turned toward the Muntz and kicked at its picture tube, relishing the explosion that deafened me, the shards of glass that embedded themselves in my face and my body, the ozone stench of charred tubes and burning wires.
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