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HERBLOCK, Washington Post
Nuclear weapons and the fear of annihilation framed Cold War diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States. As Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev prepared to test a 50-megaton bomb, Americans pressured the United Nations to propose banning the detonation, fearing the impact such an explosion would have on the world. Herblock placed the threat in the hands of the Soviet premier, as the hairy Mr. Atom smiles approvingly over the Khrushchev's shoulder. |