Word: armament
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...hunting instinct rising in him he arose and took form a box one of the firecrackers he had saved for such a special occasion. It made a terrific noise, exciting the other three and driving the creature out of his haunt towards a bedroom. At once there was mass armament--pokers, squash racquets, and hammers were grabbed; one roommate, who went by the name of Bruce, rolled his trousers for protection. After a hasty tactical conference they attacked the bedroom, closing the door afterwards so their would be no egress. Three dropped to their kness; the fourth ascended a chair...
...racism of today results from the theories of Rousseau and Nietzsche and now we are hearing much of the latter's "superman." "He is leading his dance through the concentration camps and ghottes, the cities of China and Spain viscerated by bombs, and Europe maddened in the armament race and reversibly preparing for suicide...
That this delay is not as formidable in scope as England's may be due to the fact that the United States has not as yet intensified its campaign for increased defense. If proper attention is not given to seeing that armament is completed on schedule, a serious disorganization may occur. Such confusion and unpreparedness can do nothing but harm to the country. As long as the United States has rightly or wrongly set upon the course of vigorous rearmament, it should see in England's position a warning of the dangers of falling behind in production for defense...
...general membership meeting of the Student Union in the Winthrop House Common Room Lieutenant Colonel Arthur R. Harris, professor of Military Science and Tactics, discussed the projected re-armament program in the United States...
Aircraft rode out Depression II on the crest of an armament boom. Earnings...