A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the '50s.

在50年代，核灾难似乎是件很有可能发生的事。

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Even if we avoid a nuclear holocaust, the threat from the Kremlin requires us to devote a sizable fraction of our resources to our military defense.

即使我们避免一场核破坏，来自克里姆林宫的威胁还是要求我们花费了我们相当大的资源用于我们的军事防卫。

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The continued perpetuation of this type of control through death reverberated over the entire society leading to a nuclear holocaust to balance the scales of karma associated with death.

这种藉由死亡来控制的方式绵延不绝地实行，最终反弹到整个社会，给它带来了一次核子毁灭来反平衡死亡业力的尺度。

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But, by focusing on the balance of power created by the threat of nuclear holocaust, McConnell leaves out how the Cold War was won.

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Overshadowing every meeting at which the American leaders weighed plans for a blockade, air strikes or a full-scale invasion of Cuba was the awful realization that nuclear holocaust could be the result of any step they might take.

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In the rest of the songs, I fell in love against the backdrop of nuclear holocaust.

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