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'Beneath the sword of Damocles'

Growing up under the constant threat of nuclear destruction

By MARTY QUEEN

Senior Reporter

Posted 3/30/24

Growing up in the 1970s and ’80s was, for the most part, an enjoyable experience. We were largely a generation of relatively autonomous, latch-key kids, unsupervised more often than not, and left …

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