SMERSH (James Bond) V (the letter) in "Icebreaker". They return in a larger role in "No Deals, Mr. Bond", renamed Department Eight, Directorate S, a KGB sub-section. In the film series, Bond's archenemy became SPECTRE, which first appeared in Fleming's novel "Thunderball" (1961). SPECTRE is introduced in the first film, "Dr. No" (1962), in which Julius No explains to Bond that it is the acronym for the "SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion", the four great cornerstones of power. Film versions of novels where SMERSH appears substituted either SPECTRE or independent villains. Although twice referred to, SMERSH never appears in the
Nancy Bond began to write her first book, which she set in Wales. She became head librarian in the Gardner, Massachusetts library in 1973.<ref name=20th> Nancy Bond Nancy Barbara Bond (born 1945) is an American author of children's literature. In 1977 her first book, "A String in the Harp", received a Newbery honor and the Welsh Tir na n-Og Award. It is fantasy novel with an element of folklore, set in West Wales. Nancy Barbara Bond was born January 8, 1945 in Bethesda, Maryland, and grew up near Concord, Massachusetts. When Bond was eight, the family spent a year in London while