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proper noun
- A period of history from 1945-1991 in which the threat of nuclear annihilation was high between the United States and Soviet Union.
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- A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided.
- 1945, w:George Orwell, George Orwell, "You and the Atom Bomb", w:Tribune (magazine), Tribune, 19 October 1945; reprinted in Orwell, Sonia Orwell, and Ian Angus, George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose (1946"1950), David R. Godine (2000), ISBN ISBN 1567921361, page http://books.google.com/books?id=zaxG_3ivhVAC&pg=PA9&dq=orwell+%22permanent+state+of+cold+war%22&sig=XIYruzSnIoMeE2TwqGRNoNA4IuE 9,
- : " in a state which was at once unconquerable and in a permanent state of "cold war" with its neighbours.
Translations: - Italian: guerra fredda
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