Facing nuclear reality Once, in the late 18th century, Dr. Samuel Johnson remarked about the threat of execution: "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." In the late 20th century, every one of us lives with the prospect of mass execution. But this nuclear doomsday has no deadline. So we pay homage to it in grim jokes and bumper stickers *One Nuclear Bomb Can Spoil Your Whole Day" and go about our daily business. Now comes the ABC movie, "The Day Ellen Goodman raw emotions of their kids. A great part of the fear of the kids watching is a fear of the questions they'll ask. You can be sure that they will ask: What are you doing to stop this? And we will feel ashamed.'
