Word: apex
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from his strategic air and naval base at Rabaul, apex of a triangle, the Jap looked down anxiously on Munda. Its coral airfield had been repaired and was in operation as a fighter base. It was being used already against Rabaul's outpost, Bougainville, which the U.S. might conceivably by-pass as it had Kolombangara...
...looked down anxiously on Salamaua. With the capture of Salamaua' the apex would become really hot, within a 500-mile radius of U.S.-held corners of the triangle, within range of U.S. bombers and fighter escorts...
...proposed temporary Victory Arch for Manhattan's Times Square, to be erected when the boys come marching home. The scheme, sponsored by the Broadway Association, was described by its backers as "an arch fashioned to represent two huge palm leaves which are emblematic of Victory. . . . At the apex of the main motif will be placed the figures of Peace and Justice. The finger of Peace will point in the direction of Europe and Asia. Justice, displaying her broken sword, will be shown facing the Americas...
Concentration at the Apex. The magnificent harbor of Rabaul lies at the apex of a triangle, the base of which is held by the Allies. Rabaul is 480 miles from Port Moresby. It is 700 miles from Guadalcanal. It is the logical takeoff point for attack on either...
...managed to sideslip out of them each time. . . . The Flak was relatively light. I guess the Jerries must have been holding it for the poor fellows caught in the lights. We saw one Halifax caught in a cone of about 50 lights with the Jerries pumping streams into the apex until it exploded and slowly spiraled down...