Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cousy is the chief magician in Holy Cross' crowd-pleasing give-and-go, behind-the-back pass system. And his soft, tantalizing push shot is the most dangerous single weapon in the Crusader arsenal. It helped the Cross win the NCAA title two years ago, and just missed upsetting Kentucky in the same tourney last winter...
Arms in Manchuria. The Chinese Reds had fought a thoughtful war against Japan. They avoided direct battle, conserved their strength to use against Chiang. When the Russians opened the door of Manchuria to them after V-J day, they had a renewable arsenal...
...thick walls, civilians clustered at the doors of tight-packed rows of shops. The bandaged heads of soldiers stood out in sharp relief among the crowds. Every few hundred yards our car passed soldiers hobbling on crutches or canes. Most of Taiyuan's factories are still working-the arsenal, largest below the Great Wall, at full capacity; the cotton mills, machine-tool works, cigarette factories and soda works at reduced output for lack of raw materials. The shops were filled with all kinds of goods-except food...
...cases on the cost (estimated at $2 billion a year) and the exact extent of U.S. military aid for Europe. Canada was ready to fit her military setup into the overall Atlantic scheme, but obviously her contribution would be mainly in the air, in air training, and as an arsenal of supply...
...Eyed Dragon. To the south, Communist forces closed in for the kill on rich Taiyuan, capital of Shansi province. Like Mukden ,Taiyuan has an excellent arsenal. During the last Communist attack on Taiyuan some months ago, Nationalist airborne reinforcements came in to save the day. This time it looked as if the outnumbered 40,000-man garrison would have to fight it out alone...