Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...prohibits the use of defensive atomic weapons without a
presidential order? As the warmaking prowess of the enemy advances and
consequently shortens the reaction time needed for the-U.S. to defend
and retaliate, continental-defense commanders believe they should be
authorized to use any superweapon in the U.S. arsenal at an instant's
notice.
...army troops is undoubtedly exaggerated, but there is evidence that Batista is beefing up his operations against the rebels. The army is now establishing fortified posts deep in the Sierra Maestra. Men and arms for these posts are supplied by a new weapon in Batista's arsenal-British-made, armored helicopters, each reportedly carrying 14 men with full equipment...
...Catholic students! Attention! Emergency orders! 1) Reread all 'bulls' and 'encyclicals.' 2) Weapons will be issued at the Newman Arsenal, Catholic student center on Lumpkin Street. 3) Take captive only those who can be brainwashed; kill others. 4) Remember that these groups are our allies: (a) Communists, (b) Fascists, (c) Nazis, (d) Stoics...
...challenge of Nikita Khrushchev's Sputnik III, a cone-shaped monster weighing almost 1½ tons and launched by a rocket obviously bigger than any in the U.S. arsenal, brought no sense of panic or dismay. Instead, it was accepted as another stern warning that the U.S. must push hard on its own missile program, turn at least one deaf ear to propaganda talk of easy disarmament...
...current recession. The recession only made chronic trouble acute. Memories of dead or departed auto companies-Hudson, Packard, Kaiser-Frazer-remind Detroiters that trouble in the auto industry can have something to do with bad management. "You know," says a businessman, "when we were the arsenal of democracy, there was a great premium put on inefficiency of operation. The more payroll a company had, the more profit it would make on the cost-plus arrangement. And when the war ended, there was tremendous pent-up demand for what Detroit could produce, and wartime business became even bigger." A University...