Word: blasted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...control surfaces that could whip George Washington through the water like a startled eel now held it steady and motionless. On signal, the muzzle door atop a missile tube swung open. A small, explosive charge ruptured the plastic membrane that protected the bird from sea water, and a great blast of compressed air sent it rocketing toward the surface and its remarkable flight...
...election. Last month, after Garcia vetoed a bill nationalizing the Chinese-dominated rice and corn distribution. Osmeňa loudly accused Garcia of taking a $5,000,000 bribe from Chiang Kai-shek to veto the bill, thereby protecting Chinese businessmen in the Philippines. Stung by the blast, Garcia replied: "If the people believe that, I should be impeached. But if the charge is not true, then Congressman Osmeňa should be expelled...
...caught the eye of Fisherman Frank Mikuletzky as it nosed toward the fishing boat Doris May III. Suddenly, Mikuletzky shouted as the ZPG gently folded and dropped "like a sagging banana." Aboard the blimp, Crewman Antonio Contreras, 22, heard a blast, felt the airship nose over, and seconds later was fighting his way free into the water. Only two of his mates survived the unexplained crash with him. One crewman died after being pulled from the sea; 17 others drowned in their double-decked gondola under 15 fathoms. Later, the missing sloop was spotted by planes and a submarine...
...Germans had been expecting the blast. A few days before the meeting, the government introduced a new $500 million, five-year aid plan, largely drawn from counterpart funds set up as part of the Marshall Plan aid. Said Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard: "The German people should not forget that after their country's collapse they received help through the sacrifices of other nations. We shall be prepared to recognize our obligations and make a deliberate sacrifice to help other peoples." Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano added that "development policy must be given equal status with our Eastern policy...
...delegations ranged in size from one person (Israel, Jordan and Hungary) to 2,836 from the U.S. Rio had never seen such a cosmopolitan crowd; bare-shouldered Ghanaians and batik-clad Indonesians drew stares, while the eight delegates from the Soviet Union drew something more-a predictable blast from the Rev. Carl Mclntire. head of the Fundamentalist American Council of Christian Churches, who accused the Baptists of providing a platform for Communist propaganda. Retorted Richmond's Theodore Floyd Adams, outgoing president of the Baptist Alliance: "The Russian delegates are above suspicion. They have suffered greatly for their faith...