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The detonations roll down the years in a place synonymous with Cold War history - Bikini Atoll. About 3,500 kilometers southeast of Hawaii, in the azure waters of the Marshall Islands, "Operation Crossroads" - the first of a series of US atomic tests between 1946 and 1954 - irradiated much of the tiny Micronesian coral atoll and smashed a target fleet of aging warships anchored in its lagoon. In July 1946, two 23-kiloton atomic bombs, code-named "Able" and "Baker", were deployed to devastating effect. The United States served notice to Josef Stalin's Soviet Union of its resolve to dominate the...

Women on campus and everywhere should put away their razors and reclaim their body hair this summer. The woman who chooses to give up shaving doesn't just save herself some time, money and skin irritation, she can discover the sense of personal acceptance, freedom and natural beauty that her body hair can bring. Women are compelled to shave more in the summer as their legs, armpits and bikini lines become more regularly exposed. Women don their shorts, skirts, tank tops and swimming suits and try their best to sustain a standard of hairlessness that is inextricably tied to American society's...