Word: armaments
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Next day Bevan addressed the House. As always, the House listened with fascination to the Welsh lilt and the demagogic half-truth. He was not against German rearmament, Bevan insisted, but "the pace and altitude of that armament...
...treaties provide for a West European Council where most questions will be decided by unanimous vote, he explained. Questions about the Saar and armament quotas, however, will only require majority votes, providing a "hope that supranational authority will grow...
...jump on the band-wagon before--especially when it became clear that it would be to its advantage: witness Russia's recent acceptance of the jurisdiction of the World Court in order to gain membership in the International Labor Organization. In addition, it looks as if a decrease in armament expenses is the only way the U.S. government can restore its fool-hardy reduction in funds for technical assistance--a program of proven value in the war for man's minds. Taylor J. Smith '56 David A. Hanson...
...This explains a great deal the fear of the bourgeoisie, the social pressures, the lack of armament production, the low living standard. And our needs now are far greater than in 1929. We have 2,000,000 more to be fed. Our export needs have increased . . . Our equipment is oldfashioned. We need new homes. It is now 40 years since any housing of consequence was built in France...
...Navy. At Calverton, L.I., Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. lifted the security lid for a quick view of its F9F9 "Tiger." The plane looks as ferocious as its name. Designed for carrier operations, it has a short, solid snout, an undulating, "coke bottle" fuselage, and drooping, knife-thin wings. For armament, it will carry air-to-air rockets, possibly Sperry Gyroscope Co.'s new Sparrow missile, now in mass production. Top speed: top secret, but the plane weighs less than 20,000 Ibs. and packs a burly 7,800-lb. -thrust J65 Sapphire engine with afterburner, more than enough...