Word: blast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time when, says Simon, Blaw-Knox had little experience in such work-but did have a member on the Wheeling board. Giving Blaw-Knox the order, said Simon, was like "buying an Edsel with a Ford on the board." What did William Steele think of Simon's blast? "Without justification," he said, taking off just enough time from his quail-shooting vacation in Florida...
Strongest blast came from Belgian Minister for External Trade Maurice Brasseur, who declared: "We are not convinced that the British have attacked the real problem, which is the imbalance of their foreign trade. Others share our skepticism." What Britain's trading partners want, among other things, is more deflation to curb domestic spending. They feel that, in effect, the British have been living high on other people's money-the world's sterling deposits with Britain. As one economist put it, the British must "tighten their own belts instead of somebody else's"-even...
...police officer assigned to guard him. and a few Peronista visitors from Argentina. Later, as always, Perón went upstairs to watch television, which invariably occupies him until Spain's only channel goes off the air at 12:30 a.m. Instead, with The Untouchables turned up full blast inside, Perón suddenly embarked on a hugger-mugger exploit of his own that was to make world headlines, involve half a dozen governments, and end in a greater deflation for Perón than any event since his ouster from Argentina nine years...
...Starfighter was ordered to make a low-level pass at subsonic speeds. But the pilot miscalculated, the speed indicator climbed, and the results were spectacularly embarrassing. Just as FAA Deputy Administrator Gordon Bain was answering a reporter's question about the psychological reaction to sonic booms, a walloping blast shook the walls, Bain and the newsmen...
...Garrison, the towering district attorney of Orleans Parish, was determined to cut down vice in the French Quarter of New Orleans. But the parish's eight criminal judges refused to give their approval, which was necessary before the D.A.'s undercover agents could be paid. In a blast to the press, Garrison said the refusal raised "interesting questions about the racketeer influences on our eight vacation-minded judges." Garrison's statement raised something else: the judges charged him with criminal defamation, a misdemeanor that, in Louisiana, requires no jury trial. Garrison was convicted, sentenced...