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Necessary Evil
Necessary Evil, also referred to as Plane #91, was the name of a B-29 Superfortress participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a camera plane to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb, and to carry scientific observers. At the time of the attack the plane was not named and was known only by its 393d Victor number. The mission was flown by crew B-10, with Captain George Marquardt as aircraft commander. The crew regularly assigned to this airplane in turn flew another on the Nagasaki mission on August 9, 1945, the B-29 Big Stink, though without their aircraft commander, who was ill.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of necessary evil in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of necessary evil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of necessary evil in a Sentence
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
I think it’s really unfortunate that this rule has now been passed, but I think it’s a necessary evil, i think kids have to learn that there are consequences for your actions, and this is the consequence.
Rich, deep culture is born from something that might not be accepted by all. We need to allow the gray zone to exist as a necessary evil.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
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