Word: blasted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would strip the Western seas of British and U.S. vessels-leaving the Germans momentarily free to roam and raid -while he concentrated an armada in the Pacific. "With this great armada, perhaps 300 miles wide, I would sweep down the seas towards Japan and I would blast every Japanese flag out of the path...
...With its blast WPB had shot its wad. The companies at once denied the charges. Under its sky-broad Presidential decree WPB could take over the plants and put them under Government operation. This is unlikely: producing more than 30% of the entire U.S. steel supply, the two corporations are too vital to be monkeyed with by anyone but crackerjack steelmen. WPB therefore flipped the whole thing over to the Justice Department with a meek "for appropriate action." The action: suits to enjoin future violations...
...columnist and author who designed and manufactured military aircraft in the U.S. before he turned to writing. Into a new book, Victory Through Air Power (Simon & Schuster; $2.50), he has crammed much knowledge, enthusiasm, bitterness, and a limitless faith in the airplane. The result is a blast of gusty. prophetic criticism - the kind of criticism which frequently overlooks qualifying facts, but is heard all too seldom in a country...
Desdiv (destroyer division) 59 was cruising south of Celebes when it got word to head for Macassar Strait. It quickly found out why. It was to blast the convoy at Balikpapan, peppered that day by Dutch bombers. The monsoon was kicking up a rough sea when Talbot's division set out, at 25 knots...
...this week gave steelmen a special pat on the back. They deserve it. At midnight March 31, American Rolling Mill's Middletown division broke all previous monthly records in blast furnace, open hearth and blooming, bar and strip mill departments; Weirton Steel and Republic Steel likewise turned in new records. Meanwhile other industries face complete shutdowns. All refrigerator and vacuum cleaner output will stop April 30, all small electrical appliances on May 31, all lawn mowers and toys (metal and plastic) on June...