Word: blasted
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...Series of Disturbances. It was not until after World War I that Elsa began her blast-off on the trajectory that was to put her into international orbit for the rest of her life. She had an eye for the bright young comers-"darling Cole" Porter, with whose "secret songs" she sent many a titled gathering into a state of delicious shock; and, of course, "dear Noel" Coward...
Would the U.S. blast Moscow with nuclear weapons because a Soviet ground force nibbles at Hamburg, when the destruction of New York is the certain counterblow? Probably not, reason many Germans. And if the Russians reached the same conclusion, it would serve as a downright invitation to them to try. If the U.S. concedes unchallenged conventional superiority to the Russians, argued former Secretary of State Dean Acheson before a German-Ameri can Club meeting in Bonn last week, the Russians might be able to rack up a series of small but important "profits" in Europe, "without setting off a nuclear...
...Algerian troops inched forward across the windswept, desolate battlefield, it appeared to one Bible-versed correspondent that men were "as trees walking."* The Algerians had no radios; orders were simply shouted back and forth, echoing clearly across the valley to the Moroccans. "Hey, Mohammed, give them a blast with the 75 recoilless rifle. That's right. No, a bit further to the left." The Moroccans sent up tanks to the front lines, flew over U.S.-made T-6 jet trainers equipped with rockets, but foxholes and boulders gave the Algerians good protection. All week, both sides claimed success...
...expand, modernize and automate; it plans to invest $1.2 billion this year and $1.5 billion next. Last week National Steel opened a $100 million hot-strip mill near Detroit, and in Kentucky, Armco Steel brought in two new oxygen-process steel furnaces and started pouring iron from the largest blast furnace in the Western world (daily capacity: 3,340 tons). The payoff from such new facilities as U.S. Steel's five basic oxygen furnaces now building in Duquesne, Pa., and Gary, Ind., will come later...
...second period. Ohiri then headed in a pass to put the Crimson ahead for good. At the close of the half, center half Dave Clapp found himself alone with the ball about 30 feet from the nets and decided to shoot. The Columbia goalie was unable to stop the blast, although he had a hand on the ball...