Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With that crude propaganda switch, the Chinese Reds-proved unable to win anything by their artillery assault against Quemoy-made it clear that they will go to any lengths to keep Quemoy alive as a political issue...
...does the U.S.S.R. measure up as a military threat? The best-informed opinion, based on scientific detection, intelligence and other estimates: despite advances in missilery, the Reds are considerably less powerful than many U.S. commentators have claimed. To assault the U.S., the Russians would have to coordinate a surprise attack against the West's military complex on three continents, would simultaneously have to hit targets twelve minutes away in Europe, 120 minutes away in North Africa, twelve hours and more away in the U.S. Until the day when intercontinental missiles are much closer to perfection, the Russians cannot surprise...
...machine gun also fires 7.62-mm. ammo, replaces light and heavy -30-cal. machine guns of World War I vintage. The first true infantry assault gun of its kind, it can be fired from bipod, tripod, hip or shoulder, weighs 23 Ibs. (v. 30-40 Ibs.), is designed for quick replacement of barrel...
...second game was over in the first inning when the Yankees' star righthander, Bob Turley, winner of 21 games during the regular season, got gunned out in a seven-run Milwaukee assault. Bauer misplayed a fly ball for a double. Yankee Killer Lew Burdette added insult to injury with a three-run homer, breezed to a 13-5 victory for a record four straight series triumphs over the New Yorkers...
Although Author Vailland talks eloquently about the downtrodden, most of the villagers' discontent seems to be sexual rather than political or economic At the big house on Don Cesare's estate, a succulent teenage virgin named Marietta is fighting off the panting assault of Tonio, her brother-in-law. Most men want Marietta on sight, and no small part of the town's everlasting gossip is devoted to estimating the chances of the likeliest males. Landlord Don Cesare himself, now 74, is still virile and, by what seemed to him natural right, he has always taken...