1.   All these were heresies from a Marxist standpoint but then Marx had not foreseen the coming of nuclear war.

2.   And for a while, the world looked terrifyingly on the edge of nuclear war.

3.   As the threat of nuclear war receded, other things began to worry us.

4.   Could a nuclear war really be started by someone just throwing a switch?

5.   First and most significant is the possibility of some kind of nuclear war or accident that would destroy the human race.

6.   If we manage to avoid a nuclear war, there are still other dangers that could destroy us all.

7.   In a worst-case scenario all life on the planet would be wiped out by a nuclear war.

8.   Instead of playing the fiddle, they could sip cocktails and play poker while nuclear war devastated the world outside their bunker.

9.   It strained credulity to believe that a nuclear war would not lead to the destruction of the planet.

10.   Ronald Reagan was deplored as a firebrand who might bring on a nuclear war.