top = atom
boat = bomb
urchin fashion = uranium fission
spinning = smashing
igloo of urchin = isotope of uraium
“The word for U-235 was tenure…You see…two and
three and five and five make ten. Right? O.K., that’s where the ‘ten’ comes in.
The ‘ure’ stands for uranium. So, ‘ten’ plus ‘ure’ equals ‘tenure.’ A cinch.’
Daniel Lang, Early Tales of the Atomic Age, 19
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