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  2. Four-minute warning - Wikipedia

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    The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets.

  3. Time bomb - Wikipedia

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    A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer. The use or attempted use of time bombs has been for various purposes including insurance fraud, terrorism, assassination, sabotage and warfare. They are a frequent plot device in thriller and action films as they offer a way of imparting a dramatic sense ...

  4. Doomsday Clock - Wikipedia

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    Doomsday Clock. The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. [ 1] Maintained since 1947, the clock is a metaphor, not a prediction, for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances.

  5. 30 Minutes or Less - Wikipedia

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    30 Minutes or Less (stylized onscreen as 30:Minutes or Less) is a 2011 American action comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Michael Peña, and Fred Ward. The story follows a pizza delivery boy who is strapped with a bomb and forced to, with the help of his friend, rob a ...

  6. Beware the retirement savings 'time bomb,' tax expert warns - AOL

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    The time bomb is the tax embedded in every traditional IRA and 401(k) account that is tax-deferred. ... The minute you get those funds into tax-free vehicles, they grow and compound for you. Ed ...

  7. Death of Brian Wells - Wikipedia

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    The bomb squad was first called at 3:04 p.m., at least thirty minutes after the first 9-1-1 call from the bank and about ten minutes after Wells was arrested. At 3:18, three minutes before the bomb squad arrived, the bomb detonated and blasted a fist-sized hole in Wells' chest, killing him in seconds.

  8. Oklahoma City bombing - Wikipedia

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    The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end to the Waco siege.

  9. Timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

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    At this time, Flight 175 is being hijacked and Flight 11 is about to descend to New York and is 4 minutes away from crashing. 8:42–8:46 (approx.): Flight 175 is hijacked above northwest New Jersey, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of New York City, continuing southwest briefly before turning back to the northeast. At this time estimate ...