Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enemy is convinced of the U.S.'s willingness to use it -and the willingness would be a lot plainer if the nation's citizens had the protection of fallout shelters. Said the task force: "The physical ability of families to survive even the most terrifying nuclear attack is, in the ultimate reckoning, a fact of crucial importance to our national security. The will to survive, coupled with the ability to do so, ranks next to military power in the nuclear age as the best deterrent to aggression and the best assurance of final victory over any enemies...
...Since the beginning of 1959,Communist infiltrators have stepped up their campaign of terrorism, assassinating an average of one South Vietnamese a day, frequently hammering lonely victims to death and then hanging their battered bodies in trees under a red flag. But not since 1957 had the Communists dared attack any Americans...
...strike was called in Montreal by 74 French-language TV producers, finally settled after 68 bitter days-while CBC President Alphonse Ouimet collapsed of a heart attack...
...game since Walter ("Big Train") Johnson retired in 1927 were hurrying to Griffith Stadium in time for batting practice, and dazzled team officials were saying that attendance for the year would be up 40%. The Washington Senators, long known for patty-ball hitting, were flashing the most exciting attack in baseball, a latter-day "murderers' row"* of strong silent men determined to shatter every home-run record in the game...
Where Author Vian's views might lie between these two extremes, no one will ever know. He attended a preview of The Spitter, took one look at his fantastic Trenton, and slumped in his seat. At 39, Boris Vian was dead of a heart attack...