Russians who covet the atomic bomb seemedto be able to find a whole molecule of comfort in not having it. Lastweek the illustrated weekly Ogonek (“Glimmer”) reported (in allseriousness): “In America psychiatrists are worried about a new diseasecalled Atom Madness. Every day lunatic asylums are receiving severalpersons who complain that they are beginning to split. Others say thatthey have discovered a new bomb which will destroy the earth and allthe other planets.”