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On August 6th the US Air Force dropped an Atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The city was destroyed and over 70,000 were killed immediately from the effects of the blast. Three days later a second bomb destroyed Nagasaki.
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B. The use of words such as "planetary" and "potential" helps establish a formal style.
The world that surrounds us today is a reflection of the technological progress that was achieved in the year 1984. Technology was revolutionizing itself and making its way into the homes of millions of Americans, never seizing to grow since.