Word: arsenals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Everyone knows-or should-that the U.S., with its nuclear arsenal, is the mightiest nation in human history. But few people really realize the staggering dimensions of that might. For one thing, facts about the arsenal have been shrouded by military secrecy. For another, the destructive power possessed by the U.S. simply beggars imagination...
...vastly superior to the Soviet Union in its nuclear arsenal, and it is increasing its lead every...
Sweat & Showmanship. Behind his dark glasses and glittering arsenal of horns, goateed Kirk sweats aplenty, with instinctive showmanship and passion. When the steam is up, he is likely to blow a shrill Tarzan victory call on a siren-whistle that could be mistaken for a hunting horn. He delights in the unexpected. In the middle of a flute solo, he will pop a child's plastic song flute into his right nostril and trill out a brief duet. For a performer who took up the flute only three years ago, Kirk plays it with astonishing virtuosity. He can begin...
They cut off all communication with the outside and raided the prison arsenal. Before long, police cars and a patrol jeep rolled out of the jail, carrying escapees wearing stolen police uniforms. About the same time, the noon guard shift marched up to the prison gate. The remaining convicts greeted them with rapid bursts of gunfire...
Since World War II, Western Europe has been generally content to regard the U.S. as "the arsenal of defense," concentrating on its own efforts on producing the stream of consumer goods that brought about its unparalleled postwar prosperity. Now, for reasons of pride, politics and profit, the Continent is gradually developing its own defense industry. Though modest compared with the huge $53.7 billion U.S. defense budget, the European arms industry is already big enough to be taken seriously, particularly at a moment when Europe is feeling the slows in other economic areas...