mad
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Cold War strategists thought nuclear wars would never happen because of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
Talking to MAD winner, Kevin Willows, who helped set up a bereavement walking group, Grennan revealed the importance of walking to him.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025
The next year, when Jaffee turned 100, Mad published a center-spread article, titled “Amazing All-Seeing Al Jaffee’s MAD E.S.P.,” that highlighted Jaffee’s knack for imagining cartoon contraptions that later became actual inventions.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023
The five-story, 300,000-square-foot, futuristic-looking museum was designed by MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023
The MAD principle argued that a first strike against the enemy would almost certainly fail to destroy its entire nuclear arsenal and would lead to an immediate cycle of retaliation.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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