Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enough fission and hydrogen bombs, and the planes and missiles to make a sneak attack on the United States which will destroy our major cities and most of our industries. In the first phase the United States was safe; the atomic bomb was a powerful asset in the American arsenal. In the second phase the atom bomb in the hands of the Russians will become a vital threat to our safety...
...growing arsenal of supersonic warplanes, the U.S. last week added still another jet fighter,-this one for the 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...
Finally, in 1950, Lausman seemed to make up his mind. He fled to the West and denounced Czechoslovakia as "the best Soviet arsenal in Europe." The Prague regime called him a disguised U.S. spy; Czech emigres called him a disguised Red spy. Bitter and unhappy, Lausman went off to Yugoslavia, where the West and Communism seem to meet...
...industry has made the greatest use of watchdog TV. At an annual saving of $12,000 in guard salaries, Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts posts TV cameras for 24-hour watch of 300 yards of fence. Television eyes help check the speed of sugar cane moving along a conveyor belt at the Ewa Plantation near Honolulu, tip off workmen when the cane jams up. At Chicago's Argonne National Laboratory, scientists manipulate radioactive material with intricate "slave hands" by means of three-dimensional camera that gives the necessary depth perception for delicate handling. The military has drafted television...
During the War of 1812, some students got together to use Hollis' natural fortress for the base of the Washington Corps, a swagger company that paraded in blue coats, white vests, trousers and gaiters, and kept their arsenal in the attic. Town and gown relations were never good, though, and on one occasion irate Cambridge citizens fixed their bayonets and chased the Washingtonians to the gates of the Yard. There, the rout was haltered by white-haired Dr. Popin who, appearing at the gate, shouted; "Now, my lads, stand your ground. Don't let one of them set foot within...